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Tahan

2022 · 88 min

A claustrophobic, emotionally bruising drama about a woman trapped between love and a controlling parent, tense and quietly grim.

Directed by: Bobby Bonifacio
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Cloe Barreto, Quinn Carrillo, JC Santos

Overview: When Elise falls in love, she decides to stop being an escort. But her manipulative mother won’t let her and would make her life more chaotic.

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Directed by: Bobby Bonifacio
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Cloe Barreto, Quinn Carrillo, JC Santos

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
power
betrayal
identity
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Bobby Bonifacio
Written by: Quinn Carrillo, Bobby Bonifacio
Starring: Cloe Barreto, Quinn Carrillo, JC Santos, Mercedes Cabral, Jaclyn Jose, Francis Mata, Karl Medina, Alvaro Oteyza
Cinematography: Alex Espartero
Runtime: 88 min
Country: Philippines
Languages: Tagalog, English

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