Movie

La promesa

2019 · 22 min

An intimate, quietly harrowing personal essay that asks you to sit with illness, dignity and a family's grief without looking away.

Tagline: Life is a right, not an obligation.
Overview: In the 21st century in the Spanish state, apparently democratic and Human rights defender, contracting a terminal degenerative disease, it becomes a crime. Maribel, my mother, asked not to live without remembering, without autonomy or pain.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: death
family
freedom
grief
morality
Places: home
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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