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'night, Mother

1986 · 96 min

A hushed, airless night of two people talking, unbearably intimate and quietly devastating, leaving you wrung out long after it ends.

Directed by
Tom Moore
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke
Overview
A mother and daughter spend a night together after the daughter reveals that she will kill herself by the end of it.

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Directed by
Tom Moore
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • family
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • single country house
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight10

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Tom Moore
Written by
Marsha Norman
Starring
Sissy Spacek, Anne Bancroft, Ed Berke, Carol Robbins, Jennifer Roosendahl, Michael Kenworthy, Sari Walker, Claire Malis
Cinematography
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Runtime
96 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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