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Causeway

2022 · 94 min

A quiet, wounded character study that sits with trauma and loneliness, offering glimmers of connection without easy comfort.

Tagline
Begin again.
Overview
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.

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  • Apple TV
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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
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • healing
  • isolation
  • friendship
  • family
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lila Neugebauer
Written by
Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh, Elizabeth Sanders
Starring
Jennifer Lawrence, Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Jayne Houdyshell, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Russell Harvard, Sean Carvajal, Frederick Weller
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
94 min
Country
Finland, United States of America
Languages
English

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