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My Sister

2017 · 20 min

A quiet, introspective short that lingers on a child's dawning awareness of mortality, feeling both fragile and unsettling.

Directed by: Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad
Genres: Drama
Starring: Filippa Bruce, Lina Josefine Mosli Sæther, Marte Magnusdotter Solem

Overview: An Autobiographical film about two young sisters first memory of death and the fear of dying.

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Directed by: Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad
Genres: Drama
Starring: Filippa Bruce, Lina Josefine Mosli Sæther, Marte Magnusdotter Solem

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: death
family
grief
memory
coming-of-age
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	0
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad
Written by: Liv Joelle Barbosa Blad
Starring: Filippa Bruce, Lina Josefine Mosli Sæther, Marte Magnusdotter Solem, Hanna Ullerstam
Music: Kate Havnevik
Cinematography: Cecilie Semec
Runtime: 20 min
Country: Norway
Languages: Norwegian

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