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Many Heavens

2017 · 119 min

A quiet, emotionally raw Belgian drama that asks you to sit with ordinary people wrestling their own inner battles.

Directed by: Jan Matthys
Genres: Drama
Starring: Koen De Graeve, Viviane de Muynck, Nell Cattrysse

Overview: Five people fight themselves more than each other, in this existence that's so beautiful and incredibly hard at the same time.

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Directed by: Jan Matthys
Genres: Drama
Starring: Koen De Graeve, Viviane de Muynck, Nell Cattrysse

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
warmstrength 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: identity
isolation
family
grief
healing
Places: None
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jan Matthys
Written by: Griet Op de Beeck
Starring: Koen De Graeve, Viviane de Muynck, Nell Cattrysse, Jos Verbist, Brit Van Hoof, Herman Gilis, Sara De Roo, Emma Pelckmans
Music: Spinvis
Cinematography: Stijn Van der Veken
Runtime: 119 min
Country: Belgium
Languages: Dutch

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