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Five Dances

2013 · 83 min

A quiet, intimate character study that unfolds through movement and small gestures, rewarding patience with a tender, understated emotional pull.

Directed by
Alan Brown
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Ryan Steele, Reed Luplau, Catherine Miller
Overview
A gifted young dancer arrives in New York City and joins the downtown contemporary dance world. With talent to burn, he soon must choose between his responsibility to his broken family in the Midwest, and forging a life and career for himself.

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Directed by
Alan Brown
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Ryan Steele, Reed Luplau, Catherine Miller
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • family
    • ambition
    • coming-of-age
    • love
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance5
    Tension3
    Darkness3
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama, romance
    Directed by
    Alan Brown
    Written by
    Alan Brown
    Starring
    Ryan Steele, Reed Luplau, Catherine Miller, Kimiye Corwin, Luke Murphy, LuLu Roche, Michael Borrelli
    Runtime
    83 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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