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Letters Home

1986 · 104 min

A hushed, theatrical recitation of letters that slowly tightens around you, intimate and unsparing, like sitting in a quiet room with grief.

Directed by: Chantal Akerman
Genres: Tv movie, Drama
Starring: Coralie Seyrig, Delphine Seyrig

Tagline: I’ll never speak to god again.
Overview: A filmed adaptation of Rose Leiman Goldemberg’s play, based on Sylvia Plath’s intense correspondence with her mother Aurelia, from the time the poet was in university until her suicide. Delphine Seyrig and her niece Coralie Seyrig recite Sylvia and Aurelia’s letters to the audience directly.

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Directed by: Chantal Akerman
Genres: Tv movie, Drama
Starring: Coralie Seyrig, Delphine Seyrig

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 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
family
identity
madness
death
Places: home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	2
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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