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Blind Mice

2013 · 15 min

A quiet, grim slice of life that drifts through a young woman's precarious choices with an uneasy, low-key sadness.

Directed by
Walter Lawry
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rachel Nicholls, Levi Holley, Ella Webb
Overview
In the small Auckland drug scene, a young woman, Jules, finds her life complicated by an unwanted pregnancy. By oscillating between two drug dealers; a younger buyer, Ollie, and her older lover and supplier, Chase, she looks for a male figure to support her.

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Directed by
Walter Lawry
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rachel Nicholls, Levi Holley, Ella Webb
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 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
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • survival
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Walter Lawry
Written by
Walter Lawry
Starring
Rachel Nicholls, Levi Holley, Ella Webb, Aaron Lopez, Aaron McGregor
Runtime
15 min
Country
New Zealand

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