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Camera Store

2016 · 99 min

A quiet, bittersweet character piece that finds humor and melancholy in a fading workplace and the people left behind.

Directed by: Scott Marshall Smith
Genres: Drama
Starring: John Larroquette, John Rhys-Davies, Cheryl Ladd

Overview: On the eve of the transition from film to digital, the longtime denizens of a camera store confront their personal issues in this darkly comic story.

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Directed by: Scott Marshall Smith
Genres: Drama
Starring: John Larroquette, John Rhys-Davies, Cheryl Ladd

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: aging
work
friendship
grief
identity
Places: workplace
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	5
Realism	8
Romance	2
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Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Scott Marshall Smith
Written by: Scott Marshall Smith
Starring: John Larroquette, John Rhys-Davies, Cheryl Ladd, David James Elliott, Laura Silverman, Paul Ben-Victor, Aaron Mitchell, Kevin Beard
Runtime: 99 min
Languages: English

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