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Terminal

2013 · 21 min

A quiet, heavy chamber piece that sits with you, letting silence and small gestures carry the weight of an impossible day.

Directed by
Samuel Flückiger
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rachel Wilson, Sean McCann
Overview
George, stoic and overprotective, travels to Zurich with his daughter Rachel. One is planning physician-assisted suicide; the other has just one day left to intervene.

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Directed by
Samuel Flückiger
Genres
Drama
Starring
Rachel Wilson, Sean McCann
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • death
    • family
    • parenthood
    • grief
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Samuel Flückiger
    Written by
    Darragh McDonald
    Starring
    Rachel Wilson, Sean McCann
    Cinematography
    Daniel Grant
    Runtime
    21 min
    Country
    Canada, Switzerland
    Languages
    English

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