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Jewel

2001 · 120 min

A patient, heartfelt family drama that wears its sentiment openly, following a mother's stubborn devotion through decades of hardship and small victories.

Tagline
The world refused to help her special child... but she never gave up hope.
Overview
In the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with five healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down's syndrome.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • family
  • isolation
  • healing
  • class
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Paul Shapiro
Written by
Susan Cooper
Starring
Farrah Fawcett, Patrick Bergin, Cicely Tyson, Robin Dunne, Peter Donaldson, Laura Mercer, Ashley Wolfe, Kelly Harms
Runtime
120 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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