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Stray

2025 · 19 min

A raw, intimate slice of life that immerses you in a teenager's anger and a social worker's quiet desperation.

Directed by: Kim Bartley
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Isabelle Connolly, Shane Patrick McCormick

Overview: Ella is a troubled teenage girl living in a residential care home as part of her foster placement. After a year of homelessness and watching her mom struggle, Ella is angry and distrustful of the world around her. When she is expelled because of an outburst, social services cannot find an immediate new placement for her, and Ella has nowhere else to go, posing a problem for Ella's new social worker, Sam.

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Directed by: Kim Bartley
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Isabelle Connolly, Shane Patrick McCormick

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
family
trauma
class
Places: small town
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	1
Realism	9
Romance	0
Tension	6
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Kim Bartley
Written by: Kim Bartley
Starring: Eva Birthistle, Isabelle Connolly, Shane Patrick McCormick, Amber Arkins, Elizabeth Pippa Appelbe
Runtime: 19 min
Languages: English

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