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Deseo

2020 · 11 min

An uneasy, intimate slice of city life that blurs kindness and intrusion, leaving you quietly unsettled.

Directed by
Chloé Wallace
Genres
Drama
Starring
Silma López, Marina Ontanaya, Justin Mark
Overview
Deseo follows Selene, a Spanish woman living in New York, on an evening in Williamsburg. Unsatisfied with her own life and intrigued by a woman she meets that night, Selene seizes an opportunity to "help" this woman in need, immersing herself in her reality. The line between helping without asking and taking advantage of her then becomes blurry.

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Directed by
Chloé Wallace
Genres
Drama
Starring
Silma López, Marina Ontanaya, Justin Mark
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • obsession
    • deception
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight5

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Chloé Wallace
    Written by
    Chloé Wallace
    Starring
    Silma López, Marina Ontanaya, Justin Mark, Ismail Shallis
    Runtime
    11 min
    Country
    Spain, United States of America
    Languages
    English, Spanish

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