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Empty House

2021 · 85 min

A slow, quiet descent into desperation, with wide empty landscapes and a heavy sense of loss.

Directed by
Giovani Borba
Genres
Drama, Western, Mystery
Starring
Hugo Noguera, Nelson Diniz, Roberto Oliveira
Overview
Raúl is an unemployed cattleman that lives in an isolated house on the fields. The landscape of pastures is being superimposed by huge soy plantations. Devastated by poverty, he joins a gang of other peasants that steals cattle during the darkness of the nights on the pastures.

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Directed by
Giovani Borba
Genres
Drama, Western, Mystery
Starring
Hugo Noguera, Nelson Diniz, Roberto Oliveira
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 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
  • politics
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • crime
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, western, mystery
Directed by
Giovani Borba
Starring
Hugo Noguera, Nelson Diniz, Roberto Oliveira, Araci Esteves, Liane Venturella, Alexandre Accorssi, Viviane Velozo, Soila Mar Ribeiro do Prado
Cinematography
Ivo Lopes Araújo
Runtime
85 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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