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The Dependent Variables

2022 · 16 min

A hushed, intimate chamber piece where glances and small gestures carry the ache of first desire.

Overview
In a dark, velvety theatre, there is a first kiss between Pietro and Tommaso. When the lights come back on, however, the two students have different expectations of what might follow. The chaos of awakening desire in its complexity and sensuality is told and made almost physically tangible through looks and gestures, approach and retreat, hope and fear.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • sexuality
    • coming-of-age
    • love
    • friendship
    Places
    • school
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance6
    Tension5
    Darkness3
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Lorenzo Tardella
    Written by
    Lorenzo Tardella, Elisa Pulcini, Mara Fondacaro
    Starring
    Simone Evangelista, Mattia Rega, Francesco Ortolani, Lorenzo Robustelli, Silvia Venturi
    Music
    Fabio D'Onofrio
    Cinematography
    Simone Rossi
    Runtime
    16 min
    Country
    Italy
    Languages
    Italian

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