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The stain

2018 · 8 min

A quiet, aching slice of servitude where a small wish carries the weight of a whole social order.

Directed by: Antonella Proaño
Genres: Drama
Starring: Johanna Quiroz, Gabriel Vásquez, Paula Luzuriaga

Overview: Rosario a young mixed race woman who works as a maid of a bourgeois family in Quito in 1945. One day the family, because of her daughter's 15 years, decides to take a family photograph. Rosario struggles to get out in this picture.

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Directed by: Antonella Proaño
Genres: Drama
Starring: Johanna Quiroz, Gabriel Vásquez, Paula Luzuriaga

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
identity
race
isolation
power
Places: single country house
big city
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Antonella Proaño
Written by: Antonella Proaño
Starring: Johanna Quiroz, Gabriel Vásquez, Paula Luzuriaga, Pablo Aguirre Andrade, Ruth Basantes, Susana Nicolalde
Cinematography: Karol Londoño
Runtime: 8 min
Country: Ecuador
Languages: Spanish

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