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The Yellow Handkerchief

2009 · 102 min

A quiet, heartfelt road trip through loss and second chances, with gentle pacing and a bittersweet warmth.

Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart

Tagline: A love lost in the past. A love struggling for a future.
Overview: A road trip through Louisiana transforms three strangers who were originally brought together by their respective feelings of loneliness.

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Directed by: Udayan Prasad
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: William Hurt, Maria Bello, Kristen Stewart

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 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: redemption
loneliness
love
coming-of-age
family
Places: road trip
countryside
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	6
Tension	3
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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