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Poster for Mekong

Mekong

2021 · 23 min

A quiet, melancholy drift through a forgotten industrial landscape, longing for elsewhere.

Directed by
Julien Bernard-Simmonds
Starring
Daphné van Dessel , Maxi Delmelle, Emil Stengele
Overview
Love wanders amidst an industrial region that has fallen into oblivion. Jim and Cecilia are longing for somewhere else, a faraway land in Asia where flows the Mekong River.

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Directed by
Julien Bernard-Simmonds
Starring
Daphné van Dessel , Maxi Delmelle, Emil Stengele
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • isolation
    • love
    • loneliness
    • class
    • identity
    Places
    • countryside
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
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    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance5
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight7

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    Details

    Directed by
    Julien Bernard-Simmonds
    Written by
    Julien Bernard-Simmonds
    Starring
    Daphné van Dessel , Maxi Delmelle, Emil Stengele
    Cinematography
    Guillaume Uteza
    Runtime
    23 min
    Languages
    French

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