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The Stork

2024 · 98 min

A quiet, heavy character study that sits with you, trading melodrama for slow moral unease.

Directed by: Alejandro Andújar
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sarah Jorge León, Héctor Aníbal, Any Ferreiras

Overview: A young Cuban, desperate to pay off her bills, agrees to become a surrogate mother for a mysterious couple.

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Directed by: Alejandro Andújar
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sarah Jorge León, Héctor Aníbal, Any Ferreiras

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 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: class
parenthood
identity
morality
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Alejandro Andújar
Written by: James Lawes, Alejandro Andújar
Starring: Sarah Jorge León, Héctor Aníbal, Any Ferreiras, Marta González Rodin, Pachy Méndez, Andrea Doimeadios
Cinematography: Pedro Juan López
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Dominican Republic
Languages: Spanish

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