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Banished Love

2024 · 40 min

A quiet, uneasy watch that lingers in uncomfortable silences, making you sit with ambivalence about closeness and harm.

Directed by
Xiwen Cong
Genres
Drama
Starring
Liguo Yuan, Jinlong Cong
Overview
Xiwen Cong presents the journey of a young woman who observes how, in her environment, emotional bonds always seem to be tinged with conflict and mutual aggression. In the midst of relationships marked by ambiguous gestures and latent violence, she seeks to understand whether affection can exist without harm.

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Directed by
Xiwen Cong
Genres
Drama
Starring
Liguo Yuan, Jinlong Cong
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • love
  • violence
  • trauma
  • identity
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Xiwen Cong
Written by
Xiwen Cong
Starring
Liguo Yuan, Jinlong Cong
Runtime
40 min
Country
China
Languages
Mandarin

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