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I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning

2026 · 109 min

A quiet, aching look at friendships worn thin by disappointment, drifting between tenderness and quiet despair.

Tagline: Five friends. Five lives. Countless hopes.
Overview: Childhood friends Patrick, Shiv, Rian, Oli, and Conor played together, skipped school together, and dreamt of the lives they would have one day. Now they’re thirty, and the future they imagined is slipping quietly out of reach.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Friendship, class, isolation, ambition
Content: Strong language. Mild violence and sexual content. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
class
isolation
ambition
betrayal
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild