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História Familiar

1988 · 10 min

A quiet, claustrophobic evening that slowly exposes the frayed edges of a couple's routine.

Directed by
Tata Amaral
Genres
Drama
Overview
It's Friday night. Pedro and Anastácia are at home, like millions of other couples in São Paulo. Locked away in the living room of their apartment, Pedro and Anastácia's relationship finds an opportunity to reveal its degree of wear and tear. História Familiar portrays the banality of everyday life and contemporary emotional malaise.
How it feels
Melancholic, tense, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, love, loneliness, family
Content
Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note
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Directed by
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Genres
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism9
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

Cast

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Tata Amaral
Written by
José Roberto Sadek
Starring
Lígia Cortez, Cassiano Ricardo
Cinematography
Kátia Coelho
Runtime
10 min
Country
Brazil
Languages
Portuguese

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