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Shelter Kingdom

2023 · 87 min

A raw, tense slice of life that turns a fleeting celebration into a desperate stand, leaving you uneasy and moved.

Directed by: Tatyana Rakhmanova
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ivan Reshetnyak, Darya Kashirina, Daniil Striganov

Overview: Teenagers celebrate graduation from an orphanage by spending all the money in two days. They rent a luxury cottage and arrange a real holiday. These two days are the time when dreams come true. The rental of the house ends, but the holiday should not end: the house turns into a fortress. And even when the assault begins, the guys expect that everything will end soon and dawn will come.

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Directed by: Tatyana Rakhmanova
Genres: Drama
Starring: Ivan Reshetnyak, Darya Kashirina, Daniil Striganov

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
isolation
survival
found family
class
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	7
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Tatyana Rakhmanova
Written by: Tatyana Rakhmanova
Starring: Ivan Reshetnyak, Darya Kashirina, Daniil Striganov, Polina Guryanova, Elizaveta Lobacheva, Stanislav Shadchin, Victoria Vorobyeva, Igor Filippov
Cinematography: Alisher Khamidkhodzhaev
Runtime: 87 min
Country: Russia
Languages: Russian

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