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The Painter

2024 · 19 min

A quiet, intimate portrait of an old fighter facing his past, heavy with unspoken pain and slow-burning regret.

Directed by
Jahanshah Vafaeisefat
Genres
Drama
Starring
Raymond J. Barry, Jesse Ridenour, Jay Whitmore
Overview
A former championship boxer is forced to confront his own rage and sorrow when his granddaughter decides to make a documentary about him.

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Directed by
Jahanshah Vafaeisefat
Genres
Drama
Starring
Raymond J. Barry, Jesse Ridenour, Jay Whitmore
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 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
  • grief
  • family
  • memory
  • guilt
  • redemption
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
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
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jahanshah Vafaeisefat
Written by
Jahanshah Vafaeisefat
Starring
Raymond J. Barry, Jesse Ridenour, Jay Whitmore, Farzi G. Davis
Cinematography
Aakash Raj
Runtime
19 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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