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Golden Minutes

2019 · 10 min

A wry, grim little plunge into despair that keeps finding bleak comedy in a man's worst day.

Directed by
Saulius Baradinskas
Starring
Billy Boyd
Overview
Driven to the edge by a huge debt and his impending divorce, a poetic accountant decides to kill himself but is rescued by a heart attack.

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Directed by
Saulius Baradinskas
Starring
Billy Boyd
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • isolation
  • grief
  • survival
  • identity
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror2
Humour4
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Saulius Baradinskas
Starring
Billy Boyd
Runtime
10 min
Languages
Lithuanian

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