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Mastodon

2013 · 17 min

A quiet, uneasy weekend of old wounds and quiet confrontations, heavy with regret and the strain of trying to save someone.

Directed by: Oren Soffer
Genres: Drama
Starring: Andy Gershenzon, Sean Kleier, Tommy Nelson

Tagline: We bury our sins deep.
Overview: Old memories and ghosts from the past resurface when a man reluctantly agrees to help his now-alcoholic childhood friend sober up over the course of a weekend.

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Directed by: Oren Soffer
Genres: Drama
Starring: Andy Gershenzon, Sean Kleier, Tommy Nelson

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: addiction
friendship
memory
guilt
redemption
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Oren Soffer
Written by: Craig Clayton
Starring: Andy Gershenzon, Sean Kleier, Tommy Nelson, Gabriel Rush, David Gabriel Lerner, Sara K. Edwards
Music: Eric Phillips
Cinematography: Cory Fraiman-Lott
Runtime: 17 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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