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Gemini

2005 · 85 min

A hushed, suffocating family drama where politeness curdles into something deeply uncomfortable to watch.

Overview
An incestuous love affair. Meme and Jeremias are the younger children in a typical bourgeois family. Their mother Lucia is the dominant force in the household, but her fixation on upholding the niceties of upper middle class life has prevented her from seeing what is going on under her roof. When the siblings’ older brother and his fiancee arrive home for their wedding, it seems inevitable that the concealment will be impossible to sustain. But equally it becomes apparent that if Lucia were to find out about the affair, there would be catastrophic consequences.

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • isolation
    • identity
    • betrayal
    • class
    Places
    • single country house
    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
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Albertina Carri
    Written by
    Albertina Carri, Santiago Giralt
    Starring
    Cristina Banegas, Daniel Fanego, María Abadi, Lucas Escariz, Julieta Zylberberg, Damian Ramonda, Beatriz Spelzini, Silvia Baylé
    Cinematography
    Guillermo Nieto
    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    Argentina, France
    Languages
    Spanish

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