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Narrowsburg

2019 · 84 min

A wry, cringe-tinged documentary that lets an oddball scheme unravel slowly, equal parts funny and quietly sad.

Overview
The stranger-than-fiction story of a French film producer and her mafioso-turned-actor husband who attempt to turn a tiny town into the “Sundance of the East.”

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • deception
  • identity
  • class
  • art
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism9
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Martha Shane
Starring
Paul Borghese, Jocelyne Castaldo, Richard C. Castellano, Joe Dinki
Runtime
84 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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