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Ordinary Love

2019 · 92 min

A quiet, tender watch that sits with a long marriage under strain, finding small humour and grace in ordinary routines and unspoken fear.

Directed by
Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, David Wilmot
Tagline
Love doesn't give up.
Overview
An extraordinary look at the lives of a middle-aged couple in the midst of the wife's breast cancer diagnosis.

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Directed by
Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, David Wilmot
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • love
  • grief
  • survival
  • family
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour3
Realism9
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Glenn Leyburn, Lisa Barros D'Sa
Written by
Owen McCafferty
Starring
Liam Neeson, Lesley Manville, David Wilmot, Amit Shah, Lalor Roddy, Stella McCusker, Melanie Clark Pullen, Desmond Edwards
Music
David Holmes, Brian Irvine
Cinematography
Piers McGrail
Runtime
92 min
Country
Ireland, United Kingdom
Languages
English

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