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Floating Carousel

2025 · 100 min

A wry, gently melancholy ensemble comedy that drifts through modern dating absurdities with warmth and a soft ache.

Directed by
Delilah Napier, Lucy Powers
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gus Birney, Jessica Hecht, Dylan Baker
Overview
A Gender Studies masters student, a messy philanderer, an in-denial Sugar Baby, an aspiring cabaret artist, and a professional cuddler collide in a web of dystopian dating scenarios in modern-day New York City.

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Directed by
Delilah Napier, Lucy Powers
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gus Birney, Jessica Hecht, Dylan Baker
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • sexuality
  • loneliness
  • love
  • gender
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Delilah Napier, Lucy Powers
Written by
Delilah Napier, Lucy Powers
Starring
Gus Birney, Jessica Hecht, Dylan Baker, Michael Cyril Creighton, Elsie Hewitt, Delilah Napier, Lucy Powers, Reg Rogers
Cinematography
Fletcher Wolfe
Runtime
100 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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