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Pigmalión

1986 · 51 min

A quiet, talky crime piece that leans on mood and old attachments more than action.

Overview
Pepe Carvalho receives a call from an ex-lover in distress.

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • obsession
    • betrayal
    • memory
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance3
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    crime
    Directed by
    Adolfo Aristarain
    Written by
    Manuel Vázquez Montalbán, Adolfo Aristarain, Domènec Font
    Starring
    Eusebio Poncela, Cecilia Roth
    Runtime
    51 min
    Country
    Spain

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