Short film

Arapuca
2023 · 20 min
A slow, oppressive descent into isolation and unease, where silence and decay weigh heavier than any jump scare.
- Directed by
- Joel Caetano
- Genres
- Horror
- Starring
- Daniel de Almeida, Everton Frank, Rodrigo Ramos
- Overview
- In "Arapuca" we follow the daily life of Marcos, a man who returns to his old home to look after his father, who is in the advanced stages of a degenerative disease that prevents him from seeing the reality around him clearly. Marcos is unable to communicate with his father and this invisibility is gradually corrupting him, mainly because it prevents him from finding answers to something that has been bothering him for a long time in their relationship.
- How it feels
- Dark, eerie, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Isolation, family, grief, identity
- Content
- Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Joel Caetano
- Genres
- Horror
- Starring
- Daniel de Almeida, Everton Frank, Rodrigo Ramos

