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What We Try To Be

A quiet, tender romance that lingers on glances and creative ambition, asking you to sit with its melancholy and hope.

Overview
A romantic drama that narrates the love story between an actress and a young filmmaker.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • love
  • ambition
  • art
  • identity
  • memory
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Directed by
Sebastian Guarneros Domínguez
Written by
Sebastian Guarneros, Susan Isabel Guarneros
Starring
José Antonio López Tercero, Lorena Bargalló
Music
Julio Rico, Owin Vocal
Cinematography
Leonardo Arturo
Country
Mexico
Languages
Spanish

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