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Wildflower

1991 · 91 min

A gentle, earnest drama that balances hardship with warmth, asking you to care deeply about its characters.

Directed by
Diane Keaton
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
Overview
One day Sammy and his younger sister Ellie happen upon a cabin where Alice, a young, partially deaf girl with epilepsy is being kept by her abusive stepfather. The three soon become friends and hope to get Alice an education and help her escape from the torture she undergoes daily. However, Alice's stepfather soon finds out about the friendship Alice has struck up and punishes her brutally. This story of friendship and youth shows that everyone is human and deserves to be treated so, no matter their disability or weakness.

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Directed by
Diane Keaton
Genres
Drama, Tv movie
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
Diane Keaton
Written by
Sara Flanigan
Starring
Beau Bridges, Patricia Arquette, Reese Witherspoon, Susan Blakely, William McNamara, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Norman Max Maxwell, Richard K. Olsen
Music
Jon Gilutin, Kenny Edwards
Cinematography
Janusz Kamiński
Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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