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Thaen

2021 · 121 min

A slow, heartfelt struggle through bureaucracy and illness, grounded in rural life and quiet desperation.

Directed by: Ganesh Vinayak
Genres: Drama
Starring: Abarnathi, Tharun Kumar, Bava Lakshmanan

Overview: A naive and uneducated youngster, who earns living by beekeeping in a forest, gets the shock of his life when his wife is diagnosed with a rare disease. The lack of documents to prove his identity makes things worse for him

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Directed by: Ganesh Vinayak
Genres: Drama
Starring: Abarnathi, Tharun Kumar, Bava Lakshmanan

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
politics
class
survival
family
Places: countryside
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Ganesh Vinayak
Written by: Ganesh Vinayak
Starring: Abarnathi, Tharun Kumar, Bava Lakshmanan, Kayal Devaraj
Music: Sanath Bharadwaj
Cinematography: M. Sukumar
Runtime: 121 min
Country: India
Languages: Tamil

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