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Pilona

2022 · 15 min

A short, uneasy family drama that mixes gentle humour with a creeping sense of buried harm.

Directed by
July Naters
Genres
Drama
Starring
Uma Mikati Bernaola, Santa Ventura, Kareen Spano
Overview
Lea, at 10 years old, still wets her bed. Gloria, her mother, divorced and almost absent, is looking for a wet nurse. Along comes Maria, a young girl who fervently believes that good wishes can come true. Maria will try to overcome Lea's hostility and in this attempt she will discover a dark secret

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Directed by
July Naters
Genres
Drama
Starring
Uma Mikati Bernaola, Santa Ventura, Kareen Spano
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • trauma
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour3
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
July Naters
Starring
Uma Mikati Bernaola, Santa Ventura, Kareen Spano, José Miguel Arbulú
Music
Magali Luque
Cinematography
Alexandra Henao
Runtime
15 min
Country
Peru
Languages
Spanish

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