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Still Life

2013 · 92 min

A quiet, tender, quietly devastating watch about unnoticed lives, building to a gentle ache that lingers long after.

Directed by: Uberto Pasolini
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Drury

Tagline: A rare thing
Overview: A council case worker looks for the relatives of those found dead and alone.

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Directed by: Uberto Pasolini
Genres: Drama
Starring: Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Drury

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: loneliness
isolation
death
grief
family
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Uberto Pasolini
Written by: Uberto Pasolini
Starring: Eddie Marsan, Joanne Froggatt, Karen Drury, Andrew Buchan, Neil D'Souza, Tim Potter, Michael Elkin, Paul Anderson
Music: Rachel Portman
Cinematography: Stefano Falivene
Runtime: 92 min
Country: Italy, United Kingdom, Germany
Languages: English

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