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Isadora's Children

2019 · 84 min

A quiet, contemplative watch that lingers on bodies in motion and the slow weight of loss, rewarding patience with moments of tenderness.

Directed by
Damien Manivel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Agathe Bonitzer, Manon Carpentier, Marika Rizzi
Overview
Following the death of her two children, Isadora Duncan created the solo Mother in which a mother cradles her child in a moment of extreme tenderness, then lets it go. A century later, four women encounter this heart-rending dance.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Damien Manivel
Genres
Drama
Starring
Agathe Bonitzer, Manon Carpentier, Marika Rizzi
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • art
  • parenthood
  • death
  • memory
Places
None
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour0
Realism8
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Damien Manivel
Written by
Damien Manivel
Starring
Agathe Bonitzer, Manon Carpentier, Marika Rizzi, Elsa Wolliaston, Julien Dieudonné
Cinematography
Noé Bach
Runtime
84 min
Country
South Korea, France
Languages
French

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