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Hail Mary

1998 · 3 min

A hushed, cryptic three-minute meditation that asks you to lean in and decode a private ritual of counting and remembrance.

Directed by
Maureen Selwood
Genres
Animation
Starring
Marni Castor
Overview
A woman’s voice obsessively uses numbers to tell us something while handling a set of rosary beads. This allows her to keep her memories alive and to give meaning to the traces left by her life.

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Directed by
Maureen Selwood
Genres
Animation
Starring
Marni Castor
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    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • memory
    • faith
    • identity
    • isolation
    Places
    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • animated
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language none
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
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    Action0
    Horror1
    Humour0
    Realism4
    Romance0
    Tension2
    Darkness4
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight6

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    Directed by
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    Starring
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    Runtime
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