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Mother, I Need You

1918 · 50 min

A solemn, heavy silent-era melodrama that lingers on shame and hardship, asking patience and offering little relief.

Tagline
A picture visualization of the creation of DRY LAND; the beginning of VEGETATION; the creation of ADAM and EVE; the temptation, the fall and the expulsion from the GARDEN OF EDEN.
Overview
A young woman who became pregnant from an assault faces legal trouble and scandal after having an abortion.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • justice
  • guilt
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
None
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour0
Realism7
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness8
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Frank Beal
Written by
Joseph Anthony Roach
Starring
Enid Markey, Edward Coxen, Jack Standing, Eugenie Besserer, William Quinn, G. Raymond Nye, Clarissa Selwynne
Cinematography
William C. Thompson
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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