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Lost Nation

2023 · 17 min

A quiet, wintry short that creeps under your skin, leaving you unsure whether the stranger is comfort or danger.

Directed by
Hannah Cabell
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hannah Cabell, André Holland, Layla Khoshnoudi
Overview
Winter is closing in on a woman caretaker in rural New Hampshire, with only a visiting loon for company; but when a strange man appears, is he savior or threat? And is he even a man?

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Directed by
Hannah Cabell
Genres
Drama
Starring
Hannah Cabell, André Holland, Layla Khoshnoudi
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • identity
    • fate
    Places
    • countryside
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror4
    Humour1
    Realism5
    Romance1
    Tension6
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Hannah Cabell
    Written by
    Hannah Cabell
    Starring
    Hannah Cabell, André Holland, Layla Khoshnoudi, Lucas Near-Verbrugghe
    Runtime
    17 min

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