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Platonic

2016 · 20 min

A short, disorienting puzzle that blurs dream and reality, asking you to piece together a crime from fragments.

Directed by: David Leidy
Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Dasha Leidy, Mark McCullough Thomas, Rebecca Spiro

Tagline: How do we see beyond ourselves?
Overview: After a dream about a murder investigation, a professor discovers a pregnant woman in her house. When she enters, details about the crime resurface.

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Directed by: David Leidy
Genres: Thriller, Mystery
Starring: Dasha Leidy, Mark McCullough Thomas, Rebecca Spiro

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: mystery
identity
memory
isolation
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	4
Humour	1
Realism	5
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: thriller, mystery
Directed by: David Leidy
Written by: David Leidy
Starring: Dasha Leidy, Mark McCullough Thomas, Rebecca Spiro, Lesley Solarte, Savannah Esther, Alexandra Davies
Music: Ezra Reich, Room8
Runtime: 20 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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