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Walkman

2001 · 19 min

A quiet, thoughtful short that drifts between ideas like a memory, asking you to sit with its questions rather than follow a story.

Directed by: Rodrigo Diaz Diaz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Magda Gomes, Mauro Medeiros, Gustavo Malafaya

Overview: What if Yuri Gagarin had regretted going into space? What if Columbus had regretted discovering America? An essay on migratory cultural identity in a world where the internet was still in its infancy.

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Directed by: Rodrigo Diaz Diaz
Genres: Drama
Starring: Magda Gomes, Mauro Medeiros, Gustavo Malafaya

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: identity
memory
isolation
exploration
technology
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Rodrigo Diaz Diaz
Written by: Filipe Fischl
Starring: Magda Gomes, Mauro Medeiros, Gustavo Malafaya, Adriana Bocalon, Rennata Airoldi, Zulma Mercadante
Cinematography: Tomas May
Runtime: 19 min
Country: Brazil
Languages: Portuguese

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