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Proximates

A strange, claustrophobic two-hander that drifts between absurd comedy and quiet unease, testing your patience like an odd dream.

Directed by
Corn Baum
Starring
Peter Kaghanovitch, Charles C. Urban
Overview
On a deserted island in the middle of the ocean sit two Victorian houses and the infantile 68-year-old Harold takes the love of his life, the sensible Frank (70) to the verge of a nervous breakdown.

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Directed by
Corn Baum
Starring
Peter Kaghanovitch, Charles C. Urban
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Tone
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • madness
  • aging
  • identity
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour4
Realism4
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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Directed by
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Starring
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Cinematography
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