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Mary's Sons

2002 · 100 min

A quiet, sorrowful character study that lingers on grief and the fragile hope of connection, asking patience and emotional openness from the viewer.

Overview
After the death of her husband and teenage son, a woman puts an ad in a newspaper for a surrogate child.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • isolation
  • healing
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Carole Laure
Written by
Carole Laure, Pascal Arnold
Starring
Carole Laure, Jean-Marc Barr, Félix Lajeunesse-Guy, Danny Gilmore, Daniel Desjardins, Delphine Brodeur, Denis Houle, Micheline Poitras
Music
Jeff Fisher
Cinematography
Pascal Arnold
Runtime
100 min
Country
Canada, France
Languages
French

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