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The Panelist

2019

A quiet, human documentary that watches ordinary workplace adjustments turn into a subtle reckoning with independence and pride.

Directed by: Juan Manuel Repetto
Genres: Documentary

Overview: The arrival of new members to the workplace of a blind man who leads a group of food tasters poses an unprecedented challenge. Being blind had not been a limitation until now.

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Directed by: Juan Manuel Repetto
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
work
isolation
class
family
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Juan Manuel Repetto
Written by: Juan Manuel Repetto
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish

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