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Laatash

2019 · 14 min

A quiet, patient look at daily endurance in a harsh desert, carrying a steady ache of longing beneath its calm surface.

Directed by
Elena Molina
Genres
Documentary
Overview
The Saharawi women face the thirst of the hamada, the curse of the desert, every day. They’ve built their refuge in a land where no one could survive before. For more than forty years they’ve been holding out and taking care of their people there. They ensure every drop of water is distributed according to the needs of each family … and they wait. But there’s an even more terrible thirst in their throats, for which they find no relief.

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Directed by
Elena Molina
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • justice
  • environment
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Elena Molina
Runtime
14 min
Country
Spain, Western Sahara
Languages
Arabic

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