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The Fall of Alejandra

2022 · 108 min

A slow, somber Spanish mystery that pulls you into a missing-person case through a student's eyes, with a quiet tension that lingers.

Directed by: Álvaro de Armiñán
Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Antonio Dechent, Mercedes Hoyos, David Arnaiz

Overview: In September 2003, Alejandra López de Lemos, eldest daughter of a professor of art history at the University of Seville, disappears without a trace. All suspicions fall on her ex-husband, but the police find no evidence against him. Several months go by and the media attention wanes. Then a journalism student decides to do her final thesis on the case...

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Directed by: Álvaro de Armiñán
Genres: Thriller, Drama, Mystery
Starring: Antonio Dechent, Mercedes Hoyos, David Arnaiz

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Tone: tensestrength 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: mystery
deception
isolation
media
justice
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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