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Like a House on Fire

2021 · 85 min

A quiet, emotionally raw drama that sits with you, tracing a woman's fragile attempt to rebuild what she lost.

Directed by
Jesse Noah Klein
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sarah Sutherland, Jared Abrahamson, Dominique Provost-Chalkley
Overview
Dara returns home to reconnect with her husband and her young daughter, whom she left two years earlier. When she arrives, she discovers that a woman who is seven months pregnant has taken her place and that her daughter no longer recognizes her.

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Directed by
Jesse Noah Klein
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sarah Sutherland, Jared Abrahamson, Dominique Provost-Chalkley
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • family
  • parenthood
  • grief
  • identity
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
Jesse Noah Klein
Starring
Sarah Sutherland, Jared Abrahamson, Dominique Provost-Chalkley, Margaux Vaillancourt, Amanda Brugel, Hubert Lenoir, Sheila McCarthy, Yanna McIntosh
Music
Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Cinematography
Ariel Méthot Bellemare
Runtime
85 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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