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Wicked Tale

1989 · 19 min

A short, unsettling descent in which a romantic tryst curdles into something strange and quietly infernal.

Directed by: Igor Shevchenko
Genres: Drama
Starring: Vadim Krakovskiy, Lina Skachkova, Vladislav Matsuyashko

Overview: A loving couple on an escapade, ending in a hotel room in the underworld. When the floor waiter shows up, the woman feel she has seen him before. And suddenly she discovers who he is.

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Directed by: Igor Shevchenko
Genres: Drama
Starring: Vadim Krakovskiy, Lina Skachkova, Vladislav Matsuyashko

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 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: identity
death
memory
love
betrayal
Places: single country house
Era: timeless
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	4
Humour	2
Realism	5
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Igor Shevchenko
Written by: Igor Shevchenko
Starring: Vadim Krakovskiy, Lina Skachkova, Vladislav Matsuyashko, Yuri Blikov, Leonid Yakubovskiy
Cinematography: Aleksandr Lobeyev
Runtime: 19 min
Country: Soviet Union
Languages: Russian

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