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Sub

2019 · 18 min

A quiet, painful slice of life that sits with you, drawing you into a child's helpless worry and the ache of loving someone who can't stop.

Overview
A short film about a young girl's relationship with her alcoholic mother.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • addiction
  • family
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • isolation
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Directed by
Matt Berns
Written by
Matt Berns
Starring
Kourtney Devinny, Piercey Dalton, Piercey Dalton, Jessica Burns, Kathleen Kenny, Caesar James
Runtime
18 min

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