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The Moon and Back

2022 · 74 min

A warm, funny, and bittersweet watch about grief and creativity, with a scrappy homemade charm.

Directed by
Leah Bleich
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Isabel May, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, P.J. Byrne
Tagline
Lights. Camera. Cardboard.
Overview
One year after her father's death, a high school senior discovers the epic screenplay for a terrible space opera — written by her dad. Equipped with just a VHS camera and pocket change, she decides to honor her late father and make this script a reality.

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Directed by
Leah Bleich
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Isabel May, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, P.J. Byrne
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • art
  • friendship
Places
  • school
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Leah Bleich
Written by
Leah Bleich
Starring
Isabel May, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, P.J. Byrne, Missi Pyle, Nat Faxon, Molly Jackson, Taivion Leandré, Riley Madison Fuller
Cinematography
Freddie Whitman
Runtime
74 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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