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Tato

2024 · 20 min

A quiet, heavy slice of life that follows a man grinding between two jobs, leaving you with a lingering sense of stuckness and quiet desperation.

Directed by
Pedro Carvalho
Starring
Welington Matos, Gabriel Albuquerque, Gabriel Albuquerque
Overview
Welington wants to leave his past behind and make a living as a tattoo artist. But in the face of his desires, the need for survival imposes itself. Between tattoo sessions and work as a bricklayer, he struggles to live in a world where there is no future horizon.

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Directed by
Pedro Carvalho
Starring
Welington Matos, Gabriel Albuquerque, Gabriel Albuquerque
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • survival
  • class
  • ambition
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
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
Realism9
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Pedro Carvalho
Starring
Welington Matos, Gabriel Albuquerque, Gabriel Albuquerque, Lenine Martins
Runtime
20 min

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