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Skin River

2021 · 19 min

A quiet, suffocating slice of life that traps you in routine and unspoken unease, moving slowly toward another inevitable night.

Directed by
Mário Macedo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Raul Macedo, Joana Pereira
Overview
In a small village in the north of Portugal, Agostinho endures the imprisonment of his routine. One day, he suffers a strange seizure leaving the factory where he works at the night shift. Unable to explain the reason for his condition, he returns home, to his girlfriend, to his friends. Subduing his dreams and concerns, Agostinho awaits for the night to come and, with it, another shift.

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Directed by
Mário Macedo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Raul Macedo, Joana Pereira
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • work
    • identity
    Places
    • small town
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension4
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Mário Macedo
    Written by
    Mário Macedo
    Starring
    Raul Macedo, Joana Pereira
    Runtime
    19 min
    Country
    Portugal
    Languages
    Portuguese

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