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Clothesline

2021

A quiet, hazy drift between mundane chores and haunting inherited memories, unsettling yet tender in its slow pull.

Directed by: Agazi Desta
Genres: Science fiction, Drama
Starring: Adam Budron, Shari Vasseghi, Islam Meligi

Overview: An idle, Arab American stoner discovers a portal to the war memories of his mother's past while doing the laundry chore.

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Directed by: Agazi Desta
Genres: Science fiction, Drama
Starring: Adam Budron, Shari Vasseghi, Islam Meligi

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: memory
family
identity
war
coming-of-age
Places: home
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: science fiction, drama
Directed by: Agazi Desta
Written by: Agazi Desta
Starring: Adam Budron, Shari Vasseghi, Islam Meligi, Seen Enkidu, Margie Strickland, Norah Lajjouti, Andrew Ibrahim
Cinematography: Sevag Chahinian
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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