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Rinha

2023 · 22 min

A quiet, heavy slice of life that traps you in a young woman's grinding routine, making her small rebellions feel enormous.

Directed by
Rita M. Pestana
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maria Leite, Gláucia Vandeveld, Sinara Teles
Overview
Cássia goes to sleep to the sounds of her alcoholic father and wakes up with the crow of her rooster bred for cockfighting. Her routine obeys a disciplined logic of restlessness and hard work. Between driving her father's taxi and tending their rooster, she is on the verge of breaking out to find a life of her own.

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Directed by
Rita M. Pestana
Genres
Drama
Starring
Maria Leite, Gláucia Vandeveld, Sinara Teles
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • isolation
  • family
  • parenthood
  • survival
  • freedom
Places
  • small town
  • home
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
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Rita M. Pestana
Written by
Rita M. Pestana
Starring
Maria Leite, Gláucia Vandeveld, Sinara Teles
Runtime
22 min
Country
Brazil, Portugal
Languages
Portuguese

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