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The Hero

2021 · 24 min

A quiet, heartfelt short that sits with a child's grief and finds small moments of warmth amid loss.

Directed by: Milena Dutkowska
Genres: Drama
Starring: Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan

Overview: Cyprian, 10 years old orphan, raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly his grandmother dies and a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Now he has to confront with the real loss and realize what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering.

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Directed by: Milena Dutkowska
Genres: Drama
Starring: Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: grief
coming-of-age
family
identity
survival
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Milena Dutkowska
Written by: Milena Dutkowska
Starring: Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan, Krzysztof Dracz, Bartłomiej Firlet
Music: Teoniki Rożynek, Marcin Markowicz
Cinematography: Igor Połaniewicz
Runtime: 24 min
Country: Poland
Languages: Polish

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