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Dinner

2020 · 10 min

A quiet, watchful short that sits with a child's dawning unease, letting small domestic moments carry a heavy, unsettled feeling.

Overview
Quan is a stubborn but mature 11-year-old. One day, coming home from school, he witnesses something that makes him question his family's dynamics.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • deception
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
family
Directed by
Linh Tran
Written by
Monze Lozano
Starring
Hồ Phong, Hoa Thúy, Hoang Duc Anh
Runtime
10 min
Country
Vietnam
Languages
Vietnamese

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