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Mom, I Befriended Ghosts

2020 · 66 min

A slow, suffocating plunge into quarantine dread, where every trip outside feels like a quiet fight for survival and connection.

Directed by
Sasha Voronov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alla Mitrofanova, Alexandra Nikiforova
Overview
A small town in Siberia is quarantined for several months. People are dying of a mysterious illness, the source of which lies hidden in the water. The survivors hide in their apartments, but the contaminated water flows through their homes. Self-defence groups and despondent loners hunting their own kind roam through the empty streets. In an attempt to save her mother’s life, the heroine ventures out into the unknown, so that she can overcome her fear and attempt to rekindle her relationship with the outside world, which is now humanity’s mortal enemy.

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Directed by
Sasha Voronov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alla Mitrofanova, Alexandra Nikiforova
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • fate
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
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Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
66 min
Country
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Languages
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