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Massachusetts

2020 · 31 min

A quiet, heavy short that lingers on longing and damage, offering little comfort but a raw sense of lives pushing against closed doors.

Directed by
Jordi Perino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Coralie Russier, Phénix Brossard, Félix Maritaud
Overview
Getting away, that's the only thing that's real. For Manue, here there's nothing to hope for, whereas in America everything is possible. On the next pier, a container ship is heading for Massachusetts and they're looking for sailors. Gaffia agrees to hold Manue's hand for the long voyage.

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Directed by
Jordi Perino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Coralie Russier, Phénix Brossard, Félix Maritaud
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • identity
  • trauma
  • freedom
Places
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Jordi Perino
Starring
Coralie Russier, Phénix Brossard, Félix Maritaud, Satya Dusaugey, Anne Loiret
Runtime
31 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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