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Patitos Feos

2020 · 80 min

A meandering, offbeat road movie that drifts between deadpan comedy and quiet melancholy, rewarding patience with oddball charm.

Overview: Three eccentric middle-age brothers share a peyote vision that compels them to go out looking for the missing head of their hero, Pancho Villa. But when they venture out into the world, they encounter all sorts of strangeness.

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
family
identity
madness
faith
Places: countryside
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Mauricio Chernovetzky
Written by: Mauricio Chernovetzky, Alexander Ioshpe
Music: Jason Carmer
Runtime: 80 min
Country: Mexico

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