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A Quiet Passion

2016 · 125 min

A slow, austere immersion into a brilliant, stifled life, rich with wit and sorrow, demanding patience and rewarding it with quiet devastation.

Overview
The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • family
  • identity
  • faith
  • death
Places
  • single country house
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness7
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Terence Davies
Written by
Terence Davies
Starring
Cynthia Nixon, Jennifer Ehle, Keith Carradine, Emma Bell, Sara Vertongen, Duncan Duff, Jodhi May, Joanna Bacon
Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister
Runtime
125 min
Country
United Kingdom, Belgium, Canada, United States of America
Languages
English, Italian

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