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Starfish

2017 · 89 min

A quiet, gentle two-hander about loss and opening up, moving at a patient pace with small emotional shifts rather than big events.

Directed by
Shira Levin
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Margaret Curry, Sophia Colon Roosevelt, Christopher L. McAllister
Tagline
A grieving aunt and her estranged niece spend a summer together, changing the aunt's perspective on life and loss.
Overview
Lily, grieving over the death of her dog and her father, gets an unexpected call from her estranged sister Eva, who asks her to watch her 14 year-old daughter for two weeks. Eva refuses to say why she needs the favor but Lily reluctantly agrees. Her teenage niece Chloe arrives and becomes a catalyst for change, forcing Lily to address unresolved issues and to open her heart.

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Directed by
Shira Levin
Genres
Family, Drama
Starring
Margaret Curry, Sophia Colon Roosevelt, Christopher L. McAllister
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • grief
    • family
    • healing
    Places
    • single country house
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism8
    Romance1
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity3
    Emotional weight7

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    Genres
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    Directed by
    Shira Levin
    Starring
    Margaret Curry, Sophia Colon Roosevelt, Christopher L. McAllister, Pascal Yen-Pfister, Lew Gardner
    Runtime
    89 min

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