Short film

Loss of Bearings

1968 · 10 min

A quiet, intimate plunge into heartbreak, like leafing through someone's private diary of longing and loss.

Directed by: Nicolae Mărgineanu
Starring: Dan Turbatu, Dora Ivanciuc, Anca Thuri

Overview: The diary of feelings caused by the break-up of a couple.

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Directed by: Nicolae Mărgineanu
Starring: Dan Turbatu, Dora Ivanciuc, Anca Thuri

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
romanticstrength 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: love
grief
memory
isolation
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence none
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	0
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Directed by: Nicolae Mărgineanu
Starring: Dan Turbatu, Dora Ivanciuc, Anca Thuri, Petre Tanasievici, Traian Costea
Runtime: 10 min
Country: Romania
Languages: Romanian

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