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Anchor and Hope

2017 · 113 min

Intimate, messy and tender, like overhearing friends navigate love and parenthood on a narrowboat.

Directed by
Carlos Marques-Marcet
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer
Tagline
Two make love. Three make a baby.
Overview
Eva and Kat enjoy a carefree existence on their houseboat on a London canal. Until Eva's dream of becoming a mother is reignited by the death of their pet. Kat just wants to get a new cat. But when Kat's best friend, Roger, visits from Barcelona, they decide in a moment of drunkenness that he can be Eva's sperm donor. But what are the consequences for the lesbian couple, the biological father, the child and their relationships with one another?

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Directed by
Carlos Marques-Marcet
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Starring
Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • love
  • identity
  • friendship
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Carlos Marques-Marcet
Written by
Carlos Marques-Marcet, Jules Nurrish
Starring
Oona Chaplin, Natalia Tena, David Verdaguer, Geraldine Chaplin, Lara Rossi, Trevor White, Philip Arditti, Charlotte Atkinson
Music
Merche Blasco
Cinematography
Dagmar Weaver-Madsen
Runtime
113 min
Country
Spain, United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages
English, Spanish

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