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Meu Pai

2014 · 21 min

A gentle, thoughtful coming-of-age story that captures the awkwardness and tenderness of a boy navigating his parents' imperfections.

Overview
Álvaro, 12 years old, is the only child of separated parents. He is in a phase of many doubts and concerns. He wants to grow up soon, but did his father take too long to grow up? What did the father do with the girls? It's difficult to ask, Alvaro's father has a strange way of saying things.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy, family
Directed by
Ana Luíza Azevedo
Written by
Márcio Schoenardie, Ana Luíza Azevedo
Starring
Felipe de Paula, Ursula Collischonn, Gustavo Castro, Jussara Moraes, Nelson Diniz, Arieli G. Mendes
Cinematography
Alex Sernambi
Runtime
21 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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