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Kodachrome

2017 · 105 min

A bittersweet road trip that balances prickly family tension with gentle humor and a quiet, aching reconciliation.

Directed by: Mark Raso
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen

Tagline: Over time, everything develops
Overview: Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for good. Along with Ben's nurse Zooey, the three navigate a world changing from analogue to digital while trying to put the past behind them.

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Directed by: Mark Raso
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 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
grief
redemption
memory
healing
Places: road trip
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Horror	0
Humour	4
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	3
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Mark Raso
Written by: Jonathan Tropper
Starring: Ed Harris, Jason Sudeikis, Elizabeth Olsen, Bruce Greenwood, Wendy Crewson, Dennis Haysbert, Gethin Anthony, Bill Lake
Music: Agatha Kaspar
Cinematography: Alan Poon
Runtime: 105 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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