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2017 · 8 min

A quiet, uneasy family visit that lingers on frayed nerves and a child's tentative connection with an ailing, fearful woman.

Directed by
David Tabor
Genres
Drama
Starring
Priah Ferguson, Denise Armstrong, Markell Williams
Overview
A bickering mother and father take their daughter to visit her estranged grandmother. Isolated, the grandmother has grown ill; suffering from a worsening paranoia of imminent alien invasion. The young girl and the grandmother form a bond as the parent's fight about how best to handle the situation.

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Directed by
David Tabor
Genres
Drama
Starring
Priah Ferguson, Denise Armstrong, Markell Williams
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • family
    • isolation
    • aging
    • parenthood
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action0
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism7
    Romance0
    Tension4
    Darkness5
    Complexity4
    Emotional weight6

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    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    David Tabor
    Written by
    David Tabor
    Starring
    Priah Ferguson, Denise Armstrong, Markell Williams, Viviana Chavez
    Runtime
    8 min
    Country
    United States of America

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