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Metallic Taste

2023 · 20 min

A tense, bleak short that traps you in a boy's desperate struggle to protect his mother, with a slow-burn dread that lingers.

Directed by
Ivan Krupenikov
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Kateryna Molchanova, Vitalik Havryla, Andrei Novik
Overview
A teenage boy leaves a cellar he’s hiding in with his sick mother to find food and water. To save the most important person in his life means facing his biggest fear.

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Directed by
Ivan Krupenikov
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Starring
Kateryna Molchanova, Vitalik Havryla, Andrei Novik
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • isolation
  • fate
  • trauma
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror3
Humour0
Realism8
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, thriller
Directed by
Ivan Krupenikov
Written by
Ivan Krupenikov
Starring
Kateryna Molchanova, Vitalik Havryla, Andrei Novik
Cinematography
Dima Zinych
Runtime
20 min
Country
Poland

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