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The Girl in the Park

2007 · 109 min

A quiet, heavy watch that sits with a mother's unresolved grief and lets discomfort build slowly rather than offering easy comfort.

Tagline
A mother's love never dies.
Overview
A mother, enduringly traumatized by the disappearance of her three-year old daughter 15 years ago, has cut herself off from her ex-husband and son. However, when a troubled young woman with a checkered past enters her life, old psychic wounds painfully resurface, as does the illogical and increasingly irrational hope that the young woman may be the daughter she lost so long ago.

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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • isolation
    • family
    • identity
    • obsession
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror2
    Humour1
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight8

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    Where to watch in the UK

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    David Auburn
    Written by
    David Auburn
    Starring
    Sigourney Weaver, Kate Bosworth, Alessandro Nivola, Keri Russell, David Rasche, Elias Koteas, Felipe Bonilla, Alex Burns
    Music
    Theodore Shapiro
    Cinematography
    Stuart Dryburgh
    Runtime
    109 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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