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Grand Cru

2010 · 11 min

A small, earnest slice of childhood anxiety, quietly tense as a young girl carries an adult burden through an indifferent city.

Directed by
Aimee Long
Starring
Hailee Steinfeld, Alexandra LeMosle, Randy Fratkin
Tagline
Protection always comes with a price.
Overview
A 12-year-old girl goes on a journey, looking for a bottle of wine, to save her mother's job.

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Directed by
Aimee Long
Starring
Hailee Steinfeld, Alexandra LeMosle, Randy Fratkin
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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • survival
  • class
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance0
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Directed by
Aimee Long
Written by
Aimee Long, Victor Neumark
Starring
Hailee Steinfeld, Alexandra LeMosle, Randy Fratkin, Alan Ehrlich, Harrison Thomas Boxley
Runtime
11 min
Languages
English

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