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Flashbacks of a Fool

2008 · 110 min

A wistful, reflective drama that drifts between regret and nostalgia, asking you to sit with a man's quiet reckoning.

Directed by: Baillie Walsh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Miriam Karlin

Overview: An aging Hollywood star, Joe Scott, lives a life of narcissistic hedonism, observed by his laconic personal assistant, Ophelia. The death of his childhood best friend, Boots, takes our protagonist, and the movie, into an extended flashback to a sea-side town in 1970s Britain.

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Directed by: Baillie Walsh
Genres: Drama
Starring: Daniel Craig, Harry Eden, Miriam Karlin

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 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: memory
grief
guilt
identity
redemption
Places: small town
big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	4
Tension	3
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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