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Lyla

2017 · 5 min

A brief, aching glimpse into a lost relationship, watched with quiet tenderness as fragments of memory drift by.

Directed by
Graham Patterson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Caitlin Duffy, Aaron Profumo
Overview
Lyla calls her ex from a pay phone with the request to meet up - as they make small talk in her allotted 4 minutes, we flashback to the highs and lows from their past relationship, capturing the bittersweet fragments as only memories remain. Filmed in NYC

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Directed by
Graham Patterson
Genres
Drama
Starring
Caitlin Duffy, Aaron Profumo
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
Themes
  • memory
  • love
  • grief
  • loneliness
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Graham Patterson
Written by
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Starring
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Cinematography
Kenny Martell
Runtime
5 min

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