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Happy Paradise

2016 · 21 min

A wry, melancholy little fable that finds quiet absurdity in one man's ordinary dream, asking you to lean in to its deadpan sadness.

Overview: A "Happy Paradise" set with a driving licence as a bonus - this is all 'Mr. Average' needs to make his cherished dream come true and to feel a real human being. An absurdist tragicomedy based on a play 'Apprenez á conduire par correspondance' by Claude Fortuno.

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Tone: absurdstrength 3 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
ambition
class
isolation
freedom
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Directed by: Tatyana Fedorovskaya
Runtime: 21 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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