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Hipoxemia

2020 · 25 min

A tense, urgent race against time that feels like a raw, real-time emergency, suffused with desperation and quiet grief.

Directed by: Martin Casapía Casanova
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Pedro Alonso, Juan Carlos Rey de Castro, Alessandra Fuller

Tagline: Breathing never cost so much.
Overview: Wilfredo Morales, a man whose daughter is a bachelor of medicine, is infected while working in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, having to face a poor health system, he starts a race against the clock: Wilfredo only has 2 hours to Find an oxygen balloon and a mechanical ventilator before it's too late.

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Directed by: Martin Casapía Casanova
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Pedro Alonso, Juan Carlos Rey de Castro, Alessandra Fuller

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
family
death
class
corruption
Places: big city
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Martin Casapía Casanova
Written by: Martin Casapía Casanova
Starring: Pedro Alonso, Juan Carlos Rey de Castro, Alessandra Fuller, Guillermo Castañeda, Anaí Padilla
Runtime: 25 min
Country: Peru
Languages: Spanish

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