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I'm Not Here

2017 · 81 min

A quiet, sorrowful drift through one man's fractured recollections, asking patience as it slowly pieces a broken life back together.

Directed by: Michelle Schumacher
Genres: Drama
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Sebastian Stan, Maika Monroe

Tagline: A different kind of love story . . .
Overview: A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.

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Directed by: Michelle Schumacher
Genres: Drama
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Sebastian Stan, Maika Monroe

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
memory
isolation
family
redemption
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Michelle Schumacher
Written by: Michelle Schumacher, Tony Cummings
Starring: J.K. Simmons, Sebastian Stan, Maika Monroe, Mandy Moore, Max Greenfield, Iain Armitage, Harold Perrineau, Jeremy Maguire
Music: Nima Fakhrara
Cinematography: Pete Villani
Runtime: 81 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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