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Not Blue

2011 · 14 min

A quiet, intimate short that asks you to sit with an ambiguous relationship and weigh the cost of care.

Directed by
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Starring
Isabel Juréhn, Emil Brulin
Overview
Where do you draw the line in terms of how much you can look after someone else? Our characters are mutually interdependent, living in a close relationship that is hard to define on the basis of stereotypical assumptions.

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Directed by
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
Starring
Isabel Juréhn, Emil Brulin
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    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • love
    • identity
    Places
    • home
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance3
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Directed by
    Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
    Written by
    Nathalie Álvarez Mesén
    Starring
    Isabel Juréhn, Emil Brulin
    Runtime
    14 min
    Languages
    Swedish

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