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The Handbook

2020 · 9 min

A short, grim standoff that feels like a parable of knowledge under siege, tense and lean from first frame to last.

Directed by
Carlos M. Flores
Genres
Action
Starring
Ricardo Laboy, Leonardo Castro Sitiriche
Overview
On an island where civilization collapsed, education and learning is paid with death; a young man will have to face a mercenary to preserve the answer to everything.

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Directed by
Carlos M. Flores
Genres
Action
Starring
Ricardo Laboy, Leonardo Castro Sitiriche
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • education
  • power
  • violence
  • fate
Places
  • wilderness
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour1
Realism4
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
action
Directed by
Carlos M. Flores
Written by
Carlos M. Flores, Damilka S. Rodríguez
Starring
Ricardo Laboy, Leonardo Castro Sitiriche
Runtime
9 min
Country
Puerto Rico
Languages
Spanish

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