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I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2011) poster

2011 · drama · romance · coming-of-age

I Don't Want to Go Back Alone

Directed by Daniel Ribeiro17m2011

The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.

Our read: I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2011) reads as a cosy, measured, grounded drama · romance · coming-of-age entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.

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Cosy, measured, gentle drama / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.

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  • cosy
  • measured
  • gentle
  • redemptive
  • tender
  • intimate
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How I Don't Want to Go Back Alone feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a tender seventeen-minute blind teen crush story told with gentle honesty.”

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