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Franzie

2010 · 94 min

A quiet, melancholy character study that unfolds slowly, asking you to sit with two lonely people and their uneasy bargain.

Directed by
Alejandra Marino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mimí Ardú, Victoria Carreras, Enrique Liporace
Tagline
In the farewells the encounters born
Overview
Franzie is a beautiful lonely woman who hold a secret - she has little time left in her life. Emanuel is a failed writer who just lost his job as an editor for self-help books. Franzie makes an unusual proposal: she will pay Emanuel in exchange for his companionship. Emanuel accepts in order to pay for his pregnant girlfriend. Emanuel mus resist temptation when Franzie reveals her secret.

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Directed by
Alejandra Marino
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mimí Ardú, Victoria Carreras, Enrique Liporace
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 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
  • loneliness
  • death
  • isolation
  • love
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Alejandra Marino
Written by
Fernando Andrés Saad
Starring
Mimí Ardú, Victoria Carreras, Enrique Liporace, María Laura Cali, Norma Pons, Norma Argentina
Runtime
94 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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