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The Birthmark

2020 · 11 min

A quiet, sorrowful short that sits with a mother's grief, letting a single ordinary day turn unbearable.

Overview
Mexico City, August 31st. It was Victoria Sala's birthday. Her mother Consuelo was waiting for her daughter to come home to celebrate. Never could she imagine that this day would change her life forever.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • family
  • death
  • trauma
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Bernhard Hetzenauer, Pia Ilonka Schenk Jensen
Starring
Consuelo Salas
Runtime
11 min
Country
Germany, Mexico, Norway

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