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The Image

2018 · 95 min

A dreamlike, literary collage that drifts between fairytale and memory, rewarding patience with strange, personal images.

Directed by: Paul Kindersley
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eve Ferret, Jenny Runacre, Urara Tsuchiya

Overview: A response to Virginia Woolf's "Orlando" re-created into a new fairytale encompassing the ideas of the novel mixed with personal experience, traditional folk stories, and snippets from art and literature.

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Directed by: Paul Kindersley
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eve Ferret, Jenny Runacre, Urara Tsuchiya

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Tone: whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: identity
memory
art
gender
sexuality
Places: None
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	3
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Paul Kindersley
Written by: Paul Kindersley
Starring: Eve Ferret, Jenny Runacre, Urara Tsuchiya, Adriann Ramirez, Tamara MacArthur, Jeffery Hinton, Xo Mai Eng-Mann, Toby Amies
Runtime: 95 min
Country: United Kingdom

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