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Nueva mente

2019 · 78 min

A sober, eye-opening drift through a city's hidden waste systems that leaves you quietly unsettled about what you throw away.

Directed by: Ulises de la Orden
Genres: Documentary

Overview: A journey through the metropolis from production to the final disposal of waste. In between: people, pollutants, margins and beyond. We become aware of garbage when we smell it. That is why we try to put it further and further from our homes

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Directed by: Ulises de la Orden
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: environment
class
work
isolation
morality
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Ulises de la Orden
Written by: Mariano Starosta, Ulises de la Orden, Germán Cantore
Cinematography: Pablo Parra
Runtime: 78 min
Country: Argentina

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