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Dandelion

2004 · 93 min

A quiet, aching portrait of young love and loss in a lonely small town, heavy with silence and sadness.

Directed by
Mark Milgard
Genres
Drama, Romance
Overview
In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love seems to have gone missing. Then Mason meets Danny, a sensitive and troubled girl, and their tender bond is soon tested after a fatal accident and a series of complications takes Mason away for something he didn't do.

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Directed by
Mark Milgard
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • love
  • grief
  • family
  • trauma
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • prison
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
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Mark Milgard
Written by
Mark Milgard
Starring
Vincent Kartheiser, Taryn Manning, Arliss Howard, Mare Winningham, Michelle Forbes, Blake Heron, Marshall Bell, Shawn Reaves
Cinematography
Tim Orr
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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