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That's How Broken Flesh Was Made

2021 · 72 min

A meta documentary that blurs the line between filming and reality, asking you to track what is staged and what is not.

Overview
Making-of of an explicit film in which the plot is intertwined and confused with what happens behind the scenes.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • art
    • identity
    • deception
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Gonzalo García-Pelayo
    Written by
    Jerónimo Silvio Iglesias Aparicio
    Starring
    Sheila Ortega, Sharon Luscher, Silvia Rubi, Perpetuo Fernández, Javier García Pelayo
    Runtime
    72 min
    Country
    Spain
    Languages
    Spanish

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