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Captains

2024 · 15 min

A taut, claustrophobic slice of sporting pressure that simmers with unspoken tension and lands with quiet emotional force.

Directed by: Kevin Castellano, Edu Hirschfeld
Genres: Drama
Starring: Héctor Juezas, Jorge Silvestre

Overview: During a hard-fought, tense cup semi-final, the two captains of a football team have an argument that ends up revealing a secret buried in the dressing rooms of the first division: the silence of homosexual footballers.

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Directed by: Kevin Castellano, Edu Hirschfeld
Genres: Drama
Starring: Héctor Juezas, Jorge Silvestre

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
betrayal
loyalty
power
Places: workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	8
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kevin Castellano, Edu Hirschfeld
Written by: Kevin Castellano, Edu Hirschfeld
Starring: Héctor Juezas, Jorge Silvestre
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Spain
Languages: Spanish

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