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Bitter Sugar

2021 · 120 min

A slow-burn character study of ambition and friendship, with tense rehearsal-room energy and a melancholic undertow.

Directed by: Malik Isasis
Genres: Drama
Starring: Amina Ben Ismaïl, Soraïa Scicchitano, Taher Ben Ali

Overview: Bitter Sugar follows two dancers balancing ambition, and friendship in the extremely competitive world of dance.

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Directed by: Malik Isasis
Genres: Drama
Starring: Amina Ben Ismaïl, Soraïa Scicchitano, Taher Ben Ali

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
friendship
identity
obsession
work
Places: workplace
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Malik Isasis
Starring: Amina Ben Ismaïl, Soraïa Scicchitano, Taher Ben Ali, Kenneth Browning, Tristão Darius
Runtime: 120 min
Languages: French

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