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Poster for Pain

Pain

2020 · 9 min

A gentle, bittersweet slice of childhood admiration that quietly turns into something more painful.

Genres
Drama, Comedy
Overview
Seven year old Sarah idolizes her Dad. Watching his indoor cricket game is one of her favorite pastimes. She wants to be just like him. One afternoon, at what seems to be a routine game, Sarah is cheering Dad on from the sidelines when
How it feels
Warm, earnest and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Family, parenthood, identity, coming-of-age
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
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
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Anna Rose Duckworth
Starring
Eva Gardiner, Wesley Dowdell, Brooke Petersen, Emily Campbell, Harley Neville, Mayen Mehta
Cinematography
Nina Wells
Runtime
9 min
Country
New Zealand
Languages
English

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