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Castle in the Ground

2021 · 105 min

A slow, heavy descent into grief and addiction that feels intimate and quietly devastating.

Directed by
Joey Klein
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Tom Cullen
Tagline
Sky high is rock bottom.
Overview
After the untimely death of his mother, a grieving teen befriends his charismatic but troubled neighbor, only to become ensnared in a world of addiction and violence as the opioid epidemic takes hold of his small town.

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Directed by
Joey Klein
Genres
Drama
Starring
Alex Wolff, Imogen Poots, Tom Cullen
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • grief
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • death
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

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drama
Directed by
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Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
105 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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