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A Joke

2024 · 21 min

A quiet, tender slice of youthful indecision, lingering on small moments and unspoken feelings as a crossroads looms.

Directed by: Trifun Sitnikovski
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jana Nikodinovska, Marko Ilievski, Jovana Gavrilovska

Overview: Should Nadia stay in her hometown amongst the familiar and her old friends? Or should she go abroad and study? One boy makes this decision especially hard to make. When are feelings just friendship and when are they something more?

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Directed by: Trifun Sitnikovski
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jana Nikodinovska, Marko Ilievski, Jovana Gavrilovska

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: coming-of-age
identity
love
friendship
family
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	3
Darkness	2
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Trifun Sitnikovski
Written by: Trifun Sitnikovski
Starring: Jana Nikodinovska, Marko Ilievski, Jovana Gavrilovska, Blagica Trpkovska, Zlatko Mitreski, Dalja Stojmenova, Kristijan Gjorgiev
Runtime: 21 min
Country: Croatia, Macedonia
Languages: Macedonian

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