Short Term 12
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 2013 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Destin Daniel Cretton |
| Cast | Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Short Term 12 | – |
| Español | Las vidas de Grace | Las vidas de Grace |
| Français | States of Grace | States of Grace |
| Deutsch | Short Term 12 | – |
| Português | Temporário 12 | Temporario 12 |
| Italiano | Short Term 12 | – |
| Русский | Короткий срок 12 | Korotkiy srok 12 |
| 中文（简体） | 少年收容所 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 她和她的小鬼們 | – |
| 한국어 | 숏텀 12 | Syotteom 12 |
| ไทย | Short Term 12 | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Short Term 12 | – |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Short Term 12 | – |
| 日本語 | ショート・ターム | Shōto Tāmu |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which wounded caregivers and wounded children collide within a temporary shelter where protection and unresolved trauma overlap
■ Synopsis
A young supervisor at a residential care facility supports troubled teenagers while confronting her own buried trauma.
■ RECIPE Tags
#TraumaCare #WoundedHealer #ProtectionAndExposure #HealingThroughRecognition
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Care as proximity to pain
Reason: The helper’s role is defined by entering the emotional field of children carrying invisible wounds.
Related Film: The Florida Project - Middle: The caregiver’s hidden wound
Reason: Protection of others begins to expose the unresolved trauma inside the protector.
Related Film: Good Will Hunting - Core: Healing through mutual recognition
Reason: Recovery emerges when wounded people are no longer reduced to damage or dysfunction.
Related Film: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
■ Secondary Axes
- Institutional refuge: A temporary care space becomes both shelter and limit.
Related Film: Leave No Trace - Broken youth and adult responsibility: Young people survive when one adult refuses emotional abandonment.
Related Film: Half Nelson
■ Person
- Director: Destin Daniel Cretton
- Cast: Brie Larson, John Gallagher Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, Rami Malek, Keith Stanfield
■ Structural Tags
#CareStructure #TraumaMirror #TemporaryShelter
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #2013Film #DramaFilm
