Stillborn

A slow, claustrophobic wait in a hotel room where cigarette-pack warnings become omens and quiet menace builds.

Directed by

Paulo Machline

Genres

Drama

Starring

Lourenço Mutarelli, Simone Spoladore, Betty Gofman

Overview

A talent scout brings a young singer to São Paulo, intent on introducing her to a renowned conductor. As they wait for the day of the audition, they stay in a hotel room where, between coffee and cigarettes, the scout foresees the singer’s future in the cigarette pack warnings as if they were tarot cards. During all this waiting, his true intentions will be revealed.

How it feels

Tense, eerie, dark and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Obsession, power, isolation, deception

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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