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Embrace

4 min

A quiet, sorrowful plunge into grief that lingers in silences and small gestures more than words.

Directed by
Riccardo Cozzari
Starring
Giorgia Faraoni, Alice Lupparelli
Overview
The story is that of a girl who after losing her sister will find herself dealing with the 7 phases of mourning.

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Directed by
Riccardo Cozzari
Starring
Giorgia Faraoni, Alice Lupparelli
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • grief
  • death
  • family
  • healing
  • isolation
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight9

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Details

Directed by
Riccardo Cozzari
Written by
Riccardo Cozzari
Starring
Giorgia Faraoni, Alice Lupparelli
Cinematography
Samuele Ercolanelli
Runtime
4 min

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