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Marta

2019 · 6 min

A brief, unbroken interview that sits you face to face with pain and never lets you look away.

Directed by: Julien Verdier, Benoît Verdier
Starring: Machita Daly, Guylaine Droulle

Overview: A journalist’s six-minute interview with 25 years old former Nigerian sex worker Marta, is conveyed to the audience without any interruption. The suffering that Marta left behind and the wounds present in her soul are being reopened for the young woman during the interview. This life story that fits in six minutes drags the audience into the traces of the young woman’s past life.

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Directed by: Julien Verdier, Benoît Verdier
Starring: Machita Daly, Guylaine Droulle

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
isolation
survival
identity
healing
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	3
Humour	0
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	9

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Directed by: Julien Verdier, Benoît Verdier
Starring: Machita Daly, Guylaine Droulle
Cinematography: Amaury Brege
Runtime: 6 min
Country: France
Languages: French

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