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Stray

10 min

A sunbaked, uneasy short that drifts like a lost road trip before tightening into a quiet, cruel confrontation.

Directed by
Kevin Klauber
Starring
Matan Grunseit
Overview
A dark coming-of-age tale set in a world of fallen Americana: a Chevy truck, a hot desert, a dog, and a teenage boy set out on the road. Lost on the side of the highway, he is forced to reevaluate himself in a brief, but inescapable confrontation with the cruelty of others.

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Directed by
Kevin Klauber
Starring
Matan Grunseit
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 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
  • isolation
  • survival
  • identity
  • violence
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
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Runtime
10 min

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