Movie

Running Stumbled

2006 · 84 min

A claustrophobic, unsettling plunge into a family's decay, demanding patience as it blurs the line between observation and nightmare.

Directed by: John Maringouin
Genres: Documentary

Tagline: The mother of all documentaries
Overview: Responding to a call from the authorities that his father's house is in disarray, John Maringouin returns to the New Orleans suburbs for the first time in 25 years to find his father and stepmother living as shut ins in a nightmarish domestic conflict

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Directed by: John Maringouin
Genres: Documentary

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 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: family
isolation
addiction
trauma
grief
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	2
Realism	10
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Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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