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Heal the Living

2016 · 104 min

A quiet, tenderly observed weave of lives that asks you to sit still and feel the weight of every small moment.

Directed by
Katell Quillévéré
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval
Tagline
One moment leads to another, one life leads to the next.
Overview
The intersecting lives of teens on a surfing trip, a woman with a weak heart and two teams of doctors and medical experts.

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  • Curzon Amazon Channel
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Directed by
Katell Quillévéré
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 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
  • grief
  • death
  • family
  • parenthood
  • healing
Places
  • hospital
  • sea
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity7
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Katell Quillévéré
Written by
Gilles Taurand, Katell Quillévéré
Starring
Tahar Rahim, Emmanuelle Seigner, Anne Dorval, Bouli Lanners, Kool Shen, Monia Chokri, Alice Taglioni, Karim Leklou
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
104 min
Country
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Languages
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