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Taken

2004 · 10 min

A short, grounded slice of street life that turns a petty turf squabble into a quiet, human connection by dawn.

Directed by
Arno Dierickx
Genres
Drama
Starring
Terence Schreurs, Michiel de Jong, Cees Geel
Overview
Holland, Queen's Night. A girl and a boy put up a dogged struggle for three square metres of pavement for displaying their goods, but at sunrise they have more in common than they had expected.

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Directed by
Arno Dierickx
Genres
Drama
Starring
Terence Schreurs, Michiel de Jong, Cees Geel
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • work
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Arno Dierickx
Written by
Marjolein Beumer, Rik Launspach
Starring
Terence Schreurs, Michiel de Jong, Cees Geel, Medi Broekman, Peter Eversteyn, Marjolein Beumer, Anne-Paul Houwen
Runtime
10 min
Country
Belgium, Netherlands
Languages
Dutch

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