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Normal

2007 · 100 min

A somber, quietly devastating look at how one accident fractures several lives, unfolding with patient, downbeat realism.

Directed by
Carl Bessai
Genres
Drama
Overview
A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.

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Directed by
Carl Bessai
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 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
  • grief
  • guilt
  • family
  • trauma
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Carl Bessai
Written by
Travis McDonald
Starring
Carrie-Anne Moss, Kevin Zegers, Callum Keith Rennie, Andrew Airlie, Tygh Runyan, Camille Sullivan, Lauren Lee Smith, Michael Riley
Music
Clinton Shorter
Cinematography
Carl Bessai
Runtime
100 min
Country
Canada
Languages
English

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