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Poster for Housecats

Housecats

2024 · 6 min

A hushed, tender six minutes that turns a cramped hiding spot into a quiet reckoning with loss.

Directed by
Zac Cooper
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Cindy Clemens, Jessie Epstein
Overview
A mother and daughter hide on their bathroom floor from uninvited guests, where they soon begin processing a recent grief.

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Directed by
Zac Cooper
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Starring
Cindy Clemens, Jessie Epstein
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • grief
  • family
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, family
Directed by
Zac Cooper
Starring
Cindy Clemens, Jessie Epstein
Cinematography
Austin Webster
Runtime
6 min

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