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Aspiration

2019 · 16 min

A quiet, slightly uneasy peek behind the scenes, watching admiration curdle as ambition and power quietly shift between two women.

Directed by
Aude Gogny-Goubert
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pauline Bression, Aude Gogny-Goubert
Overview
A young woman with acting dreams works as an assistant during a filming. There is also the charismatic actress she admires and she does her best to be nice and maybe learn something. But who benefits from whom?

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Directed by
Aude Gogny-Goubert
Genres
Drama
Starring
Pauline Bression, Aude Gogny-Goubert
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • identity
  • power
  • work
  • celebrity
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Aude Gogny-Goubert
Starring
Pauline Bression, Aude Gogny-Goubert
Runtime
16 min

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