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Faraway Eyes

2021 · 121 min

A breezy, wry afterlife romp that mixes sarcastic humor with a gentle ache of loneliness.

Tagline: Life is harder when you're dead.
Overview: Michael, a struggling actor, dies right after a bad breakup. He finds himself awakening in a very bright room with a very strange lady and learns that he is in singles Purgatory, where he must find his soul mate in order to cross over to the other side. With limited time to find true love among other recently deceased single New Yorkers, Michael must navigate the new customs of a ghostly dating life... as if dating in life wasn't hard enough already.
How it feels: Satirical, cynical, melancholic and romantic. Measured and easy to follow.
About: Love, loneliness, death, identity
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: satiricalstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
loneliness
death
identity
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild