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Habibi

2022 · 9 min

A short, tight slice of public tension where a private argument becomes everyone's business and the unease lingers.

Directed by
Guillermo Cabot
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Hicham Malayo, Bouchra Bouafia, Ángel Acero
Overview
A city bus is traveling through the city. It stops and an Arab couple gets on. He approaches her nervously. The passengers watch the argument with concern until one of them decides to intervene: "You habibi, sit down..."

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Directed by
Guillermo Cabot
Genres
Thriller, Drama
Starring
Hicham Malayo, Bouchra Bouafia, Ángel Acero
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • race
  • identity
  • power
  • family
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller, drama
Directed by
Guillermo Cabot
Starring
Hicham Malayo, Bouchra Bouafia, Ángel Acero
Cinematography
Ignacio Aguilar
Runtime
9 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Arabic, Spanish

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