Short film

The Men Who Wait

2021 · 15 min

A hushed, grainy drift across a scarred landscape, patient and lonely, asking you to sit with waiting men and their unspoken longing.

Overview: On a slag heap, where coal miners used to tramp, men are now awaiting each other.
How it feels: Melancholic, eerie, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Isolation, immigration, memory, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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: isolation
immigration
memory
identity
loneliness
Places: countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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