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Beautiful Something Left Behind

2020 · 87 min

A tender, unhurried look at children navigating loss, balancing heartbreak with moments of surprising lightness and honesty.

Directed by
Katrine Philp
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Overview
In New Jersey, the Good Grief community focuses on a holistic way of dealing with grief, where children can give in to rage in ‘the volcano room,' and say goodbye to a dying teddy bear patient in ‘the hospital room.' Over the course of a year, we follow the weekly meetings and get close to Kimmy, Nicky, Peter, Nora, Nolan, and Mikayla and their close companion: grief. It is sometimes heartbreaking, but also humorous, to experience the questions about life and death through their open and curious minds. Grief is high and heavy as a mountain, but it helps you understand what has happened, and that death is irreversible.

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Directed by
Katrine Philp
Genres
Documentary, Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • death
  • family
  • healing
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism10
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
documentary, drama
Directed by
Katrine Philp
Cinematography
Adam Morris Philp
Runtime
87 min
Country
Denmark
Languages
English

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