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Api

2023 · 20 min

A loose, sunlit hangout that drifts with its teenagers through summer nights, capturing restless small-town boredom and fleeting freedom.

Overview
The summer in the apecar of a group of teenagers from the Aosta Valley: afternoons and evenings spent between trap music and drifting, fear of the police and parties with friends. School is about to start again and the mountains around are very high.

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How it feels

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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
    • coming-of-age
    • friendship
    • freedom
    • isolation
    • identity
    Places
    • countryside
    • road trip
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • documentary
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism9
    Romance1
    Tension2
    Darkness2
    Complexity2
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    documentary
    Directed by
    Luca Ciriello
    Written by
    Luca Ciriello
    Starring
    Simone Saba, Giulio Gallo, Jil Fiorot, Federico Romeo, Rudy Scavone, Matteo Elfieri, Pierre Yeuillaz, Claudine Rollet
    Runtime
    20 min
    Country
    Italy
    Languages
    Italian

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