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Extinct Animals

2020 · 13 min

A quiet, uneasy short that lingers on the awkward pressure of boys becoming men, with a slow dread beneath the trees.

Overview
On their last field trip before graduation, a group of male classmates blow off steam in the woods before entering the real world. But for one of them, the rocky road to adulthood starts early.
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How it feels

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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
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • trauma
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lucas Quintana
Written by
Lucas Quintana, Sebastián Gallardo
Starring
Lux Pascal, Juan Carlos Maldonado, Nicolás Rojas, Jacob Reyes
Runtime
13 min
Country
Chile
Languages
Spanish

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