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Upper

2019 · 12 min

A wry, bittersweet little slice of city life that coasts on nervous comic energy before settling into something quietly sad.

Directed by
Linus Ignatius
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Sarah Dubrovsky, Ali Ahn
Overview
Sarah is in a rut. Lonely, depressed and unemployed as a 30-year-old New Yorker, her life is less than impressive. At the insistence of her psychiatrist, she takes an "upper" to help her get her life together. What ensues is a day like no other, but like all good things in life, what goes up must always come down.

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Directed by
Linus Ignatius
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Sarah Dubrovsky, Ali Ahn
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • loneliness
  • identity
  • healing
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Linus Ignatius
Written by
Sarah Dubrovsky
Starring
Sarah Dubrovsky, Ali Ahn
Runtime
12 min

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