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The Translator

2024 · 15 min

A short, quietly tense watch that puts you in a child's shoes facing an indifferent system, leaving a heavy ache.

Directed by: Nivetha Balasubramaniam
Genres: Drama
Starring: Reet Garg, Kriti Surjan Thepade, Nastja Arcel

Overview: A young girl has to be the adult in her family, when she and her mother bump their heads against a life-threatening bias in the Danish health system.

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Directed by: Nivetha Balasubramaniam
Genres: Drama
Starring: Reet Garg, Kriti Surjan Thepade, Nastja Arcel

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 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: family
race
isolation
parenthood
justice
Places: hospital
big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Nivetha Balasubramaniam
Written by: Nivetha Balasubramaniam, Andrias Høgenni
Starring: Reet Garg, Kriti Surjan Thepade, Nastja Arcel, Maria Rich, Mo Chara, Hanne Jørna, Peter Gantzler
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Denmark
Languages: Danish, English, Hindi

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