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Alex

2014 · 15 min

A quiet, intimate portrait of a young woman's emotional crossroads, tender and uncertain, with a lingering sense of hope and fear.

Directed by
Laura García Alonso
Genres
Drama
Starring
Greta Fernández, Mónica López, Laia Marull
Overview
Alex was adopted at birth. Now that she has come of age, her biological mother has agreed to meet her. She has to choose between letting this opportunity pass or know her at last, striving to overcome the fear of loosing something precious on the journey.

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Directed by
Laura García Alonso
Genres
Drama
Starring
Greta Fernández, Mónica López, Laia Marull
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • fate
  • love
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Laura García Alonso
Written by
Laura García Alonso
Starring
Greta Fernández, Mónica López, Laia Marull, Txell Aixendri
Cinematography
Manu Ruiz
Runtime
15 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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