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The Freshly Cut Grass

2024 · 114 min

A quiet, observant drama that sits with uncomfortable silences and moral unease, letting two mirrored affairs unfold with patience and restraint.

Tagline: A parallel affair.
Overview: Pablo, professor at the University of Buenos Aires, has an affair with Luciana, one of his students. Natalia, another professor at the University of Buenos Aires starts an affair with her student Gonzalo. Two stories, as two sides of the same coin.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
identity
gender
power
morality
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Celina Murga
Written by: Celina Murga, Lucía Osorio, Gabriela Larralde, Juan Villegas
Starring: Joaquín Furriel, Marina de Tavira, Alfonso Tort, Romina Peluffo, Emanuel Parga, Verónica Gerez, Martina Cayuela Canepa, Catalina Cayuela Canepa
Music: Luciano Supervielle, Gabriel Chwojnik
Cinematography: Lucio Bonelli
Runtime: 114 min
Country: Germany, Argentina, Mexico, Uruguay
Languages: Spanish

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