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Along the Ridge

2006 · 108 min

A tender, quietly wrenching portrait of a family in flux, seen through a child's eyes with raw honesty.

Overview
A young father and his two children struggle to find harmony after his wife leaves them for another man.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • family
  • parenthood
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Kim Rossi Stuart
Written by
Federico Starnone, Kim Rossi Stuart, Linda Ferri, Francesco Giammusso
Starring
Kim Rossi Stuart, Barbora Bobuľová, Alessandro Morace, Marta Nobili, Pietro De Silva, Loretta Rossi Stuart, Roberta Paladini, Sebastiano Tiraboschi
Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
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Languages
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