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Kamchatka

2002 · 106 min

A quiet, tense, and tender coming-of-age story seen through a child's eyes, balancing warmth and dread under a repressive regime.

Directed by
Marcelo Piñeyro
Genres
Drama
Tagline
Growing up is nothing more than discovering a couple of secrets.
Overview
In 1976, Argentina fell into the hands of a de facto government. Thousands of citizens are persecuted and kidnapped. This is the case of the parents of two children, who, knowing they are wanted, decide to hide.

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Directed by
Marcelo Piñeyro
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • freedom
  • fate
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Marcelo Piñeyro
Written by
Marcelo Figueras, Marcelo Piñeyro
Starring
Ricardo Darín, Cecilia Roth, Héctor Alterio, Fernanda Mistral, Tomás Fonzi, Nicolás Cantafio, Mónica Scapparone, Matías Del Pozo
Music
Bingen Mendizábal
Cinematography
Alfredo Mayo
Runtime
106 min
Country
Argentina, Spain, Italy
Languages
Spanish

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