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Coward

2020 · 6 min

A quiet, muddy, repetitive farm routine becomes a slow meditation on memory and parting, with silence doing most of the talking.

Directed by
Dan Thorburn
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gareth George, Georgina Russell
Tagline
How to say goodbye
Overview
The man works his farm. He is caked in mud and dirt and apart from the faint noise of his cattle all is silent. He shovels just as he has done every day since he can remember. As he works he is deep in thought, caught in a cyclical daydream, snapped out of it only by approaching footsteps.

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Directed by
Dan Thorburn
Genres
Drama
Starring
Gareth George, Georgina Russell
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • work
  • isolation
  • memory
  • aging
  • family
Places
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Dan Thorburn
Written by
Dan Thorburn
Starring
Gareth George, Georgina Russell
Cinematography
Max Graham
Runtime
6 min
Languages
English

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