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When A Man Falls In The Forest

2007 · 86 min

A quiet, downbeat drama that follows several troubled lives, asking patience as it slowly reveals their self-destructive patterns.

Directed by
Ryan Eslinger
Genres
Drama
Tagline
In the end... she got what she wanted.
Overview
The intertwining lives of three men reveal that each deal with his problems in different, self-destructive ways.

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Directed by
Ryan Eslinger
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • isolation
  • addiction
  • identity
  • family
  • guilt
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Ryan Eslinger
Written by
Ryan Eslinger
Starring
Dylan Baker, Timothy Hutton, Sharon Stone, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Stacie Bono, Nicholas Elia, Melanie Yeats, David Williams
Cinematography
Lawrence Sher
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America, Canada, Germany
Languages
French, English

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