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Diane

2019 · 96 min

A quiet, patient character study that sits with an aging woman's routines and regrets, slowly accumulating into something tender and quietly devastating.

Directed by
Kent Jones
Genres
Drama
Overview
Diane is a devoted friend and caretaker, particularly to her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.

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Directed by
Kent Jones
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • grief
  • family
  • addiction
  • guilt
  • aging
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
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
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Kent Jones
Written by
Kent Jones
Starring
Mary Kay Place, Jake Lacy, Estelle Parsons, Andrea Martin, Deirdre O'Connell, Glynnis O'Connor, Joyce Van Patten, Kerry Flanagan
Music
Jeremiah Bornfield
Cinematography
Wyatt Garfield
Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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