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Swallowed

2002 · 22 min

A quiet, mournful character study that lingers on memory and loss, leaving a heavy sense of resignation.

Overview
Swallowed is a fictional story that spans the life of Mike Seaward, a fisherman in outport Newfoundland, Canada. An unemployed fisherman, he reflects back to his younger days when he loved and respected the sea. We follow Mike from his days as a young man in a community thriving on the ocean and it's great resources, to the current day, where most of the community has left due to the decline in fishing stocks, in search of a better more stable life. Mike is struggling with the thought that there is no future for him, not only in the virtually deserted community, but anywhere else. He must make a decision either to follow the rest of the community and accept government offers of relocation and re-education, or to follow his own family and be at peace with himself.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • family
  • work
  • memory
Places
  • small town
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Roger Maunder
Written by
Roger Maunder
Starring
Mike Wade, Andrew Vokey, Lori Heath, Mike Daly, Baptiste Neis, Frank Barry
Cinematography
Derek Norman
Runtime
22 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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