Movie

1985

2018 · 86 min

A quiet, black-and-white family visit steeped in unspoken grief and the ache of a secret too heavy to share.

Tagline: In another time, at another place…
Overview: Having been gone for three years, closeted advertising executive Adrian returns to his Texas hometown and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, identity, isolation, grief
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: family
identity
isolation
grief
death
Places: small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild