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Stings

2025 · 19 min

A quiet, contemplative drift through a city's streets, holding you in a soft melancholy as two lives briefly brush past each other.

Directed by
Xavier Tera
Genres
Thriller
Overview
Immersed in the vibrant tapestry of Taipei, Yu Wen and Xiao's paths intersect. While Xiao is poised to move on, Yu Wen is ready to confront his past, only to find himself slipping back into the comfort of the status quo. A poetic vignette of Taiwan, its people and their resilience.
How it feels
Melancholic, earnest and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Identity, memory, isolation, healing
Content
Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Xavier Tera
Genres
Thriller
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
thriller
Directed by
Xavier Tera
Written by
Xavier Tera
Starring
Kamaal Williams, Benjamin Tsang, Tong Yi-jyun, ⁠Yang Jie
Cinematography
Gianpaolo Lupori
Runtime
19 min
Country
Japan, Taiwan
Languages
Mandarin

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