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The Plague

2024 · 12 min

A short, tonally tricky watch that mixes tender romance with bleak humor and bodily absurdity, leaving a bittersweet sting.

Genres
Comedy
Tagline
What's that sound?
Overview
What is the cost of love? Connor and Jessie are a young couple forced to make an impossible choice as Jessie begins to show signs of a mysterious illness. "The Plague" is a dark tragicomedy of love, death, and farts.
How it feels
Dark, absurd, satirical and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Love, death, grief, identity
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour6
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Ryan Michael Hoskins
Written by
Ryan Michael Hoskins
Starring
Nicholas James Reilly, Paulina Lule, Spencer Williams
Cinematography
Daniel Klockenkemper
Runtime
12 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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