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Second Spring

2020 · 86 min

A quiet, unsettling study of a mind slipping, drifting between unease and tentative hope as it seeks calm in bleak marshland.

Directed by: Andy Kelleher
Genres: Drama
Starring: Cathy Naden, Jerry Killick, Indra Ové

Overview: After a series of unusual encounters, it is obvious to those that know her best, that Kathy Deane is not herself. Then comes a devastating diagnosis, and she leaves the safety of her marriage to Tim for a man she barely knows. The mental illness causes her to behave irrationally and affects her capacity for empathy. She becomes aware that she is unaware. Nick seems wild and free, and is the change that Kathy needs. He takes her to his childhood home, around the marshes in north Kent. It's here that she is able to reconnect with herself and find some hope for the future.

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Directed by: Andy Kelleher
Genres: Drama
Starring: Cathy Naden, Jerry Killick, Indra Ové

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 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: identity
madness
family
isolation
healing
Places: countryside
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Andy Kelleher
Written by: Martin Herron
Starring: Cathy Naden, Jerry Killick, Indra Ové, Matthew Jure, Eric Richard, Simeon Willis, Karl Collins, Adrian Annis
Cinematography: Jonas Mortensen
Runtime: 86 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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