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Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

2004 · 86 min

A gentle, heartfelt period drama that moves at a calm pace, tugging at the heart with friendship and social conscience.

Directed by: Nadia Tass
Genres: Drama, Family, Tv movie
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Mia Farrow, Olivia Ballantyne

Overview: Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be servants for the Ryland family. Though they come from completely different backgrounds, Samantha and Nellie become fast friends. The girls turn to each other in happiness and sorrow, adventure and danger.

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Directed by: Nadia Tass
Genres: Drama, Family, Tv movie
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Mia Farrow, Olivia Ballantyne

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Tone: warmstrength 3 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: friendship
found family
class
family
justice
Places: countryside
big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	2
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama, family, tv movie
Directed by: Nadia Tass
Written by: Marsha Norman
Starring: AnnaSophia Robb, Mia Farrow, Olivia Ballantyne, Kelsey Lewis, Jordan Bridges, Rebecca Mader, Keir Gilchrist, Bruce Gooch
Music: Chris Hajian
Cinematography: David Parker
Runtime: 86 min
Languages: English

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