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Appalachia

2022 · 28 min

A quiet, suffocating watch as young love is slowly crushed by small-town judgment and religious pressure.

Directed by: Roxana Stroe
Genres: Drama
Starring: Zéa Duprez, Phénix Brossard, Costel Cașcaval

Overview: Leo, a 17-year-old biker, and Raisa, the pastor's daughter of a small conservative village from Romania, fall in love at first sight, but communitarianism and religious fanaticism will defeat their relationship.

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Directed by: Roxana Stroe
Genres: Drama
Starring: Zéa Duprez, Phénix Brossard, Costel Cașcaval

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
faith
isolation
family
rebellion
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Roxana Stroe
Written by: Roxana Stroe, Ana Maria Gheorghe
Starring: Zéa Duprez, Phénix Brossard, Costel Cașcaval, Cristian Bota, Stefan Mihai, Gabriel Răuță
Cinematography: Adrian Pădurețu
Runtime: 28 min
Country: Belgium, France, Romania
Languages: Romanian

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