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Madalena

2021 · 85 min

A slow, haunting drift through grief and rural unease, told in fragments that linger like a bad dream.

Directed by: Madiano Marcheti
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Natália Mazarim, Rafael de Bona, Pâmella Yulle

Overview: The body of a trans woman lies lifeless in a soy plantation and three lives react to her missing and presumed death.

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Directed by: Madiano Marcheti
Genres: Drama, Horror
Starring: Natália Mazarim, Rafael de Bona, Pâmella Yulle

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
identity
isolation
class
death
Places: countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, horror
Directed by: Madiano Marcheti
Written by: Helena Vieira, Thiago Gallego, Tiago Coelho, Madiano Marcheti
Starring: Natália Mazarim, Rafael de Bona, Pâmella Yulle, Chloe Milan, Maria Leite, Nadja Mitidiero, Edilton Ramos, Antonio Salvador
Cinematography: Tiago Rios, Guilherme Tostes
Runtime: 85 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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