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Little House: Look Back to Yesterday

1983 · 95 min

A gentle, sorrowful farewell that settles into quiet warmth, asking you to sit with a family facing loss without hurry or melodrama.

Directed by
Victor French
Genres
Western, Drama, Family
Starring
Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Richard Bull
Overview
Albert Quinn Ingalls wants to be a doctor. But soon he discovers that he is fatally ill. He decides to spend the rest of his life in Walnut Grove. Meanwhile children from school are preparing for their traditional climbing of the mountain.

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Directed by
Victor French
Genres
Western, Drama, Family
Starring
Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Richard Bull
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 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
  • death
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
western, drama, family, romance
Directed by
Victor French
Written by
Vince Gutierrez
Starring
Melissa Gilbert, Dean Butler, Richard Bull, Victor French, Kevin Hagen, Dabbs Greer, Jonathan Gilbert, Allison Balson
Music
David Rose
Cinematography
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Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Italian, French

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