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Empty Space

2017 · 76 min

A quiet, tender rural drama about two outsiders finding acceptance, with a gentle pace and emotional honesty.

Overview
Tom, an overweight young man, takes refuge at his grandmother's cabin in rural Illinois in an attempt to bury the years of being bullied and feeling rejected. While in town, he meets a precocious blind girl named Lilly, who shows him how to be accepted and loved.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 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
  • isolation
  • identity
  • love
  • healing
  • family
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
  • single country house
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
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance5
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
James Choi
Written by
Paul Boring, Judith Krant
Starring
Merrick Robison, Madysen Frances, Ryan David Heywood, Suzanne C. Johnson, David McLauchlan, Elizabeth Stenholt, Joel Wiersema
Cinematography
Brian Zahm
Runtime
76 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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