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Life in a Year

2020 · 107 min

A bittersweet, earnest romance that leans into melodrama, aiming to tug at your heartstrings more than it surprises you.

Overview
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • death
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance8
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity3
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Mitja Okorn
Written by
Will Matthews, Jeffrey Addiss
Starring
Jaden Smith, Cara Delevingne, Cuba Gooding Jr., Chris D'Elia, JT Neal, Stony Blyden, Peter MacNeill, RZA
Music
Photek
Cinematography
Quyen Tran
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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