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Grace Is Gone

2007 · 85 min

A quiet, aching study of a father postponing the unbearable, carried by restraint and the slow build of grief.

Directed by
Jim Strouse
Genres
Drama
Tagline
A story about one father's love and courage
Overview
Upon hearing his wife was killed in the Iraq war, a father takes his two daughters on a road trip, all the while searching for the right time and place to tell them about their mother's fate.

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Directed by
Jim Strouse
Genres
Drama
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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
  • grief
  • family
  • parenthood
  • death
  • love
Places
  • road trip
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Jim Strouse
Written by
Jim Strouse
Starring
John Cusack, Alessandro Nivola, Gracie Bednarczyk, Shélan O'Keefe, Doug Dearth, Doug James, Emily Churchill, Rebecca Spence
Music
Clint Eastwood
Cinematography
Jean-Louis Bompoint
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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