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Brutal Heat

2023 · 73 min

A slow, sweltering drift toward doom, where ordinary moments feel charged with quiet dread and strange intimacy.

Directed by: Albert Hospodářský
Genres: Drama
Starring: Vincent Hospodářský, Milan Mikulčík, Zdeňka Petrová

Overview: A massive segment of the Sun has broken off and is heading for Earth, whose surface is slowly heating up to an unbearable level. A strange mood pervades a debilitated world: anything could happen, virtually anywhere, without warning. Even in a sleepy town, where an 18-year-old lad gets stranded on his way to the family cottage. The fact is that no-one knows at what temperature the human character starts to melt...

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Directed by: Albert Hospodářský
Genres: Drama
Starring: Vincent Hospodářský, Milan Mikulčík, Zdeňka Petrová

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: isolation
family
sexuality
survival
identity
Places: small town
countryside
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Albert Hospodářský
Written by: Albert Hospodářský
Starring: Vincent Hospodářský, Milan Mikulčík, Zdeňka Petrová, Václav Kopelec, Marta Bačíková, Ivana Uhlířová, Barbora Voříšková, Tereza Dočkalová
Music: Jan Tomáš
Cinematography: Tomáš Uhlík
Runtime: 73 min
Country: Czech Republic, Slovakia
Languages: Czech

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