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Life in a Fishbowl

2014 · 125 min

A quietly heavy, interwoven portrait of private struggles that asks patience and rewards it with raw, humane emotion.

Overview: Three tales of three people who have a lasting effect on one another. A young writer whose career is skyrocketing finds himself in a stormy marriage. He divorces his wife after the death of their daughter, shuts himself from the outside world and drinks himself to death over a twenty-year period.
How it feels: Melancholic, dark, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Grief, addiction, isolation, class
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 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: grief
addiction
isolation
class
family
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex strong