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Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare

2024 · 82 min

A slow-burning, unsettling true-crime documentary that pulls you into a web of deception and leaves you feeling uneasy and heartbroken.

Directed by: Lyttanya Shannon
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Kirat Assi, Bobby Jandu, Sanj Jandu

Tagline: My ten year catfish nightmare.
Overview: Kirat falls for a man she meets online, only to get swept up in a virtual relationship that upends her life for years. Her online courtship takes an unsettling turn when she learns that her romantic interest harbours a dark secret and sinister motives, leading to a harrowing ordeal, in this shocking documentary.

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Directed by: Lyttanya Shannon
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Kirat Assi, Bobby Jandu, Sanj Jandu

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: deception
betrayal
obsession
identity
isolation
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
documentary
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: documentary
Directed by: Lyttanya Shannon
Written by: Lyttanya Shannon
Starring: Kirat Assi, Bobby Jandu, Sanj Jandu, Hemma Gulhane, Anurag Mehra, Ariya Larker
Music: Roshan Gunga
Cinematography: Geoffrey Sentamu
Runtime: 82 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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