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Battles

2018 · 16 min

A quiet, uneasy coming-of-age short that lingers on childhood desire with tenderness and a faint sense of discomfort.

Directed by: Nicole Vanden Broeck
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jesse Willhite, Melody Melendez, Zachary Westerman

Overview: When an 11-year-old boy becomes mesmerized by his friend's mother in the late 1950s, he will try to navigate the impulses of desire at a young age.

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Directed by: Nicole Vanden Broeck
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jesse Willhite, Melody Melendez, Zachary Westerman

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Tone: melancholicstrength 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: coming-of-age
identity
obsession
family
memory
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Nicole Vanden Broeck
Written by: Chris Kingsleigh
Starring: Jesse Willhite, Melody Melendez, Zachary Westerman
Runtime: 16 min
Languages: English

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