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Amphibious

2020 · 100 min

A slow-burning, emotionally layered drama that immerses you in its characters' quiet struggles and moral ambiguities.

Directed by: Borzoo Niknejad
Genres: Drama
Starring: Javad Ezzati, Setareh Pesyani, Hadi Hejazifar

Overview: Some people are amphibians; half spirit and half animal - as spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. If they don't sneak underwater, they'll get squashed.

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Directed by: Borzoo Niknejad
Genres: Drama
Starring: Javad Ezzati, Setareh Pesyani, Hadi Hejazifar

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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: isolation
identity
family
class
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Borzoo Niknejad
Written by: Borzoo Niknejad
Starring: Javad Ezzati, Setareh Pesyani, Hadi Hejazifar, Mani Haghighi, Saeed Poursamimi, Pejman Jamshidi, Mohammad Yaromtaghloo, Elham Akhavan
Runtime: 100 min
Country: Iran
Languages: Persian

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