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I Don't Expect Anyone to Believe Me

2023 · 117 min

A wry, uneasy plunge into a writer's life gone wrong, mixing dark comedy with creeping dread.

Directed by: Luis Fernando Frías de la Parra
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring: Dario Yazbek Bernal, Natalia Solián, Anna Castillo

Overview: A writer's career — and entire life — suddenly goes off script when he falls prey to a dangerous web of criminals right before moving to Barcelona.

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Directed by: Luis Fernando Frías de la Parra
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Starring: Dario Yazbek Bernal, Natalia Solián, Anna Castillo

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
deception
identity
ambition
betrayal
Places: big city
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	5
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: comedy, crime, drama
Directed by: Luis Fernando Frías de la Parra
Written by: Luis Fernando Frías de la Parra, María Camila Arias
Starring: Dario Yazbek Bernal, Natalia Solián, Anna Castillo, Alexis Ayala, Carmen Beato, Ivano Palatucci, Juan Minujín, Bruna Cusí
Music: Sofia Lasa
Cinematography: Damián García
Runtime: 117 min
Country: Mexico
Languages: Catalan, Spanish

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