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The Somnium

2018 · 15 min

A quiet, aching immersion into grief and memory, where dream and reality blur into a tender, melancholic tug-of-war.

Directed by
Jingyu Liu
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Roxann Blackman, Mia Drake, Holden Scott
Tagline
We Make Your Dreams Come True.
Overview
A single mother who can't recover from the loss of her beloved son joins a research program to live in a dream state of her memories, while her mom fight with her to keep her in the present reality.

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Directed by
Jingyu Liu
Genres
Drama, Science fiction
Starring
Roxann Blackman, Mia Drake, Holden Scott
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 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
  • memory
  • family
  • isolation
  • technology
Places
  • home
Era
near-future
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
Horror1
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, science fiction
Directed by
Jingyu Liu
Written by
Alexandra Hontalas-Adams, Jingyu Liu
Starring
Roxann Blackman, Mia Drake, Holden Scott, Shaw Purnell
Runtime
15 min
Languages
English

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