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Alma

2021 · 10 min

A quiet, unsettling drift through screens and empty rooms that slowly tightens into something quietly devastating.

Directed by
Pablo Fiallos
Genres
Drama
Starring
Paula Cano
Overview
A woman travels through a virtual world in which she is only recognized through her publications on social media or her reflections on the screen. Her day seems to pass in the circuits of a virtual platform where she interacts with other Internet users, chatting, reading articles online or ordering delivery. She is interrupted by a sound that forces her to walk through her house until she discovers something that will reveal the most painful and revealing aspects of her own existence.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Pablo Fiallos
Genres
Drama
Starring
Paula Cano
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • isolation
  • loneliness
  • identity
  • technology
  • grief
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Pablo Fiallos
Written by
Pablo Fiallos
Starring
Paula Cano
Cinematography
Eduardo Proaño
Runtime
10 min
Country
Ecuador
Languages
English, Spanish

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