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El Detector

1960 · 62 min

A gentle, old-fashioned comic fable about social climbing, played with a light touch and a quietly amused eye.

Overview
A book with magical powers allows two men to achieve a good position in the society that had not accepted them before.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • ambition
  • identity
  • friendship
  • power
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism5
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Luis Pugliese Sánchez
Starring
Hugo Ruiz, Polo Mascheroni, Celia Bernaccia, José Luis Salinas, Carlos Parri
Cinematography
Edgardo Lalane, Rodolfo Pertusso
Runtime
62 min
Country
Uruguay
Languages
Spanish

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