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Fédro

2021 · 88 min

A quiet, talky documentary that watches two men think aloud together, rewarding patience with a slow intellectual intimacy.

Overview
Twenty years after his debut as an actor, Brazil's sweetheart Reynaldo Gianechini meets his mentor, legendary director José Celso Martinez Corrêa for a first reading of Plato's Phaedrus.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • art
  • identity
  • friendship
  • aging
  • education
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Marcelo Sebá
Written by
Marcelo Sebá
Starring
Reynaldo Gianecchini, José Celso Martinez Corrêa
Cinematography
Daniel Lima
Runtime
88 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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