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Birthday

2022 · 11 min

A quiet, uneasy wait that slowly tightens around you, carrying an unspoken sadness beneath an ordinary evening.

Directed by
Sam Goodey
Genres
Drama
Overview
Celebrating a birthday, a young boy and his exhausted babysitter wait for his unusually late parents.
How it feels
Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Family, parenthood, grief
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Sam Goodey
Genres
Drama
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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
    Themes
    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
    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Sam Goodey
    Written by
    Sam Goodey
    Starring
    Marion Prebble, Jett Illes, Lauren Mclay, Mate Lagae, Zoe Meehan, Danielle Nicholson
    Cinematography
    Calum Lyall
    Runtime
    11 min
    Country
    New Zealand
    Languages
    English

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