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The Anteroom

2022 · 10 min

A cold, claustrophobic wait in a machine-run limbo that tightens around you like a held breath.

Directed by
Elisa Puerto Aubel
Genres
Science fiction, Horror
Starring
Irene Anula
Overview
A near future in any country. Refugee 28312 and her baby manage to reach a cold and hostile cabin controlled by a machine. The cabin serves as an anteroom to access the raft that can carry the Refugee and her child to the other side. Refugee 28312 has enough Units to pay for the ticket, but the machine decides Refugee 28312 is not suitable to go on board.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Elisa Puerto Aubel
Genres
Science fiction, Horror
Starring
Irene Anula
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
  • power
  • morality
  • parenthood
Places
  • single country house
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror5
Humour0
Realism5
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
science fiction, horror
Directed by
Elisa Puerto Aubel
Written by
Elisa Puerto Aubel
Starring
Irene Anula
Runtime
10 min

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