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85
ExcellentGoodWatch score85
ExcellentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Big vs. Small is a small, artful film about the curious relationship between a tiny woman who dreams of surfing a 30-metre wave. It tells the story of Joana Andrade (39) from Portugal, currently one of only two women in Europe surfing the biggest waves in the world.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 85GoodWatch 85
IMDb8.5
Running time
1 h 16 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −20 min on the typical 96
typical 9676Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 5 more
Released
2020
September 18, 2020
6 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
Portuguese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishFinnishMade in
Finland
Portugal
Directing · 1
- Minna Dufton Director, Screenplay, Producer, Executive Producer
Production · 1
- Heidi Richert Producer
Editing · 2
- Maarit Nissilä Editor
- Iikka Hesse Editor
Sound · 2
- Joana Alegre Music
- Juuso Oksala Sound
Other crew · 3
- Are Nikkinen Dramaturgy
- Tim Bonython Cinematography
- Sakke Kantosalo Cinematography
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