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If Anything Happens I Love You

2020 · 12 min

A quiet, devastating plunge into grief that unfolds through wordless animation, leaving you hollowed out and quietly weeping.

Directed by: Michael Govier, Will McCormack
Genres: Drama, Animation

Overview: Grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.

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Directed by: Michael Govier, Will McCormack
Genres: Drama, Animation

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 3 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: grief
family
death
trauma
memory
Places: home
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: animated
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	0
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	4
Darkness	7
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	10

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Genres: drama, animation
Directed by: Michael Govier, Will McCormack
Written by: Michael Govier, Will McCormack
Music: Lindsay Marcus
Runtime: 12 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: No Language

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