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Ospel

2020 · 17 min

A quiet, folk-tinged short that turns a family's bedtime stories into something uneasy and regretful.

Directed by
Xanti Rodriguez
Genres
Fantasy
Starring
Jon Etxeberria, Iker Galartza, Amancay Gaztañaga
Overview
Every night Dolores reads stories from the book of Amalur to her son Julián before going to sleep. Inazio, father of a family, agnostic, makes fun of his wife's beliefs. One night, he returns to his village drunk, claiming to have lost his home in an Aizkolaris gamble, an act that they will eternally regret.

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Directed by
Xanti Rodriguez
Genres
Fantasy
Starring
Jon Etxeberria, Iker Galartza, Amancay Gaztañaga
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • family
  • faith
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour2
Realism5
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
fantasy
Directed by
Xanti Rodriguez
Written by
Xanti Rodriguez
Starring
Jon Etxeberria, Iker Galartza, Amancay Gaztañaga, Jose Kruz Gurrutxaga
Runtime
17 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Basque

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