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The Rest of Us

2020 · 80 min

A quiet, closely observed chamber piece where grief and awkward new household bonds simmer gently toward something tender.

Directed by
Aisling Chin-Yee
Genres
Drama
Starring
Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse, Abigail Pniowsky
Overview
Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies.

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Directed by
Aisling Chin-Yee
Genres
Drama
Starring
Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse, Abigail Pniowsky
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 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
  • grief
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • single country house
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Aisling Chin-Yee
Written by
Alanna Francis
Starring
Heather Graham, Sophie Nélisse, Abigail Pniowsky, Jodi Balfour, Charlie Gillespie, Tameka Griffiths, Inga Cadranel, Gregory Ambrose Calderone
Cinematography
Daniel Grant
Runtime
80 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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