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Bitter Chocolate

2024 · 20 min

A quiet, pressure-cooker short that follows a young woman through a city as a private deadline tightens around her.

Overview
A young woman travels to Tehran under the pretext of taking a language test, racing against time to make a life-altering decision.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • freedom
  • deception
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
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
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sahar Sotoodeh
Written by
Sahar Sotoodeh
Starring
Setareh Maleki, Ghazal Shojaei, Mahin Sadri, Arshida Dorostkar
Cinematography
Ashkan Ashkani
Runtime
20 min
Country
Germany, Iran
Languages
Persian

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