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Memento Mori

2018 · 18 min

An intimate, emotionally raw short that sits with a young woman's fear and the exhausting weight of other people's opinions.

Directed by
Anna Baker, Ryan Irving
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bill Baksa, Megan Baldrey, Leslie Barker
Overview
Louella, a young woman coming to terms with her cancer diagnosis, his face not only with cancer itself, but also an onslaught of opinions from those sitting opposite her.

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Directed by
Anna Baker, Ryan Irving
Genres
Drama
Starring
Bill Baksa, Megan Baldrey, Leslie Barker
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • identity
  • isolation
  • family
  • healing
Places
  • hospital
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Anna Baker, Ryan Irving
Written by
Anna Baker
Starring
Bill Baksa, Megan Baldrey, Leslie Barker, Amy Burks, Owen Chan, Mikaela Cochrane, Aaron Conrad, Griffin Cork
Runtime
18 min
Country
Canada

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