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Swimmers

2005 · 90 min

A quiet, observant coming-of-age drama that lingers on family strain and small-town hardship with gentle melancholy.

Directed by: Douglas Sadler
Genres: Drama
Starring: Tara Devon Gallagher, Robert Knott, Cherry Jones

Overview: After an accident in a small Maryland fishing town, 11-year-old Emma begins to question the nature of the adults around her.

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Directed by: Douglas Sadler
Genres: Drama
Starring: Tara Devon Gallagher, Robert Knott, Cherry Jones

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 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: family
coming-of-age
politics
class
isolation
Places: small town
sea
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Douglas Sadler
Written by: Douglas Sadler
Starring: Tara Devon Gallagher, Robert Knott, Cherry Jones, Shawn Hatosy, Michael Mosley, Sarah Paulson, Don Harvey, Charles H. Clyburn
Cinematography: Rodney Taylor
Runtime: 90 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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