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Nocturna - The Great Old Man's Night

2020 · 104 min

A slow, claustrophobic plunge into one man's fractured mind, heavy with regret and the dread of dying alone.

Directed by: Gonzalo Calzada
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Pepe Soriano, Marilú Marini, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk

Overview: Ulysses is a hundred-year-old man, he lives alone and is on the verge of death. The last night of his life, he will experience something that will force him to rethink his past, his present and his sight about his reality. Tortured by remorse of guilt, confused by his senile dementia, he must make a last effort to reach his death in freedom or to become a soul in sorrow in eternal return.

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Directed by: Gonzalo Calzada
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Starring: Pepe Soriano, Marilú Marini, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: guilt
memory
death
isolation
redemption
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	6
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Complexity	7
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Genres: drama, thriller, horror
Directed by: Gonzalo Calzada
Written by: Gonzalo Calzada
Starring: Pepe Soriano, Marilú Marini, Lautaro Delgado Tymruk, Desirée Salgueiro, Nicolás Scarpino, Jenaro Nouet, Mora González, Javier Rosón
Cinematography: Claudio Beiza
Runtime: 104 min
Country: Argentina
Languages: Spanish

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