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Abode (2025)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
In ABODE, five interwoven stories explore the meaning of home, across city streets and country kitchens, strained families and surreal technologies, revealing how identity, memory, and connection shape the places we call our own.
Style:
emotional, anthology, tension, independent film
Plot:
house, memory, connection, identity, character study, domestic drama, isolation, intimacy, loss, city life, marriage, homelessness, slice of life, bittersweet, restaurant, suburbs, nostalgia, countryside, anxiety, moral ambiguity, social realism, reconciliation, christmas
Place:
ireland
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Audience:
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Time:
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Story:
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Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Place:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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