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El olvido

2013 · 13 min

A quiet, unsettling short that slowly tightens around you as an ordinary life quietly comes apart.

Directed by
Fermín Rivera
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nicolás Scarpino, Romina Suárez
Overview
Juan has a normal life: a good job, he is married, he is expecting his first child and he wants to move to a bigger house. One day he discovers, by chance, that his identity is not what he thought.

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Directed by
Fermín Rivera
Genres
Drama
Starring
Nicolás Scarpino, Romina Suárez
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • deception
  • memory
  • parenthood
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Fermín Rivera
Written by
Fermín Rivera, Sergio Lobo
Starring
Nicolás Scarpino, Romina Suárez
Runtime
13 min
Country
Argentina
Languages
Spanish

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