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The Keeping Hours

2017 · 91 min

A quiet, sorrowful ghost story that slowly warms into a tender meditation on loss and forgiveness.

Tagline
Love never dies.
Overview
A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an author, get a chance at reconciliation ten years later.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • family
  • parenthood
  • guilt
  • redemption
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror3
Humour2
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, fantasy, horror
Directed by
Karen Moncrieff
Written by
Rebecca Sonnenshine
Starring
Lee Pace, Carrie Coon, Sander Thomas, Ray Baker, Amy Smart, Julian LaTourelle, Ana Ortiz, Cliff Chamberlain
Music
Adam Gorgoni
Cinematography
Anastas N. Michos
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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