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Estrela Brava

2025 · 24 min

A sunlit beach idyll curdles into quiet dread, patient and unsettling, with tenderness and sudden violence sharing the same frame.

Directed by
Jorge Polo
Genres
Horror, Drama
Overview
A star falls on Praia Brava. On a sunny winter day, a boy waits for his boyfriend on the beach while an alien murders bathers with its mouth.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Isolation, love, violence, death
Content
Strong violence and gore. Mild sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Jorge Polo
Genres
Horror, Drama
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How it feels

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Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    Places
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    Content intensity
    • Gore strong
    • Language mild
    • Violence strong
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action3
    Horror8
    Humour1
    Realism4
    Romance4
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    horror, drama
    Directed by
    Jorge Polo
    Written by
    Jorge Polo
    Starring
    Lucas Souza Teixeira, Gustavo Pires, Bárbara Cabeça, Jorge Polo, Akira Band
    Music
    Uirá dos Reis
    Cinematography
    Bruno Menezes
    Runtime
    24 min
    Country
    Brazil
    Languages
    Portuguese

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