Short film

Vaudeville

2020 · 24 min

A brisk, theatrical little fable that plays like a silent-era comedy with a sly, unsettling edge beneath the slapstick.

Directed by: Élcio Verçosa Filho

Overview: Short film in five acts narrating in classic vaudeville style the obsession of a moneyed old man with a girl that keeps slipping through his hands. Vaudeville!'s got it all: the husband, the wife and the lover; craving, running and mayhem.

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Directed by: Élcio Verçosa Filho

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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: obsession
betrayal
class
deception
love
Places: None
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	5
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	5

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