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Short film

Absent

2016 · 7 min

A quiet, aching short that sits with regret and the fragile hope of a last attempt at connection.

Genres
Drama
Overview
Loving absentee father Iqbal, having missed every milestone in his now grown up daughter Aziza's life, makes one last desperate attempt to reach out to her... but it just might be too late.
How it feels
Melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Family, parenthood, guilt, grief
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
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
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Devashish Makhija
Written by
Devashish Makhija
Starring
Vikas Kumar, Pawan Singh
Runtime
7 min
Country
India
Languages
Hindi

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