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Driveways

2020 · 83 min

A gentle, quiet slice of life where small gestures between neighbors heal quiet grief.

Overview
Eight-year-old Cody is spending the summer in an unfamiliar setting with his mom Kathy. Though he can't relate to the neighbourhood kids, things take an unexpected turn when he develops an unusual friendship with the widowed old man from next door.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • found family
  • loneliness
  • family
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Andrew Ahn
Written by
Paul Thureen, Hannah Bos
Starring
Hong Chau, Lucas Jaye, Brian Dennehy, Christine Ebersole, Jerry Adler, Robyn Payne, Jeter Rivera, Sophia DiStefano
Music
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Cinematography
Ki Jin Kim
Runtime
83 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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