Movie

El pasamanos

2017 · 62 min

A slow, gray drift through working-class streets where every errand carries quiet danger and the pressure never quite lets go.

Directed by: Martín Beck Apesteguía
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Paula Guía, Leonel Roseti

Overview: The "pasamanos" are a group of young people who transport backpacks with illegal contents from the capital to the suburbs of Buenos Aires. Paula is a "pasamanos" but she is reluctant to let her brother follow in her footsteps.

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Directed by: Martín Beck Apesteguía
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Paula Guía, Leonel Roseti

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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: crime
family
survival
loyalty
class
Places: big city
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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