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Piratas y libélulas

2013 · 72 min

A patient, hopeful look at teenagers finding themselves through theatre, with real friction and small triumphs that feel earned.

Directed by
Isabel de Ocampo
Genres
Documentary
Tagline
Theater saves lives.
Overview
In Piratas y Libélulas, Isabel de Ocampo follows the staging of a play by a group of pupils in a high school in Las Tres Mil Viviendas, a conflictive area in Seville. “Raúl y Julia” is the version, adapted to the present day, of Shakespeare´s “Romeo and Juliet” presented by Los Shespirs (in a joking reference to the English author), a group formed by gypsy and non-gypsy pupils in which there are difficulties and conflicts, but also joy and the desire for self-improvement.

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Directed by
Isabel de Ocampo
Genres
Documentary
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • education
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • found family
  • art
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
Isabel de Ocampo
Written by
Isabel de Ocampo
Cinematography
Álvaro Gutiérrez, David Rengel
Runtime
72 min
Country
Spain
Languages
Spanish

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