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Longtime Companion

1989 · 99 min

A quiet, tender chronicle of loss that moves through years of friendship, fear and care, leaving a lingering ache and a fragile hope.

Tagline: …a motion picture for everyone
Overview: During the summer of 1981, a group of friends in New York are completely unprepared for the onslaught of AIDS. What starts as a rumor about a mysterious "gay cancer" soon turns into a major crisis as, one by one, some of the friends begin to fall ill, leaving the others to panic about who will be next. As death takes its toll, the lives of these friends are forever redefined by an unconditional display of love, hope and courage.

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
friendship
death
love
trauma
Places: big city
sea
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	5
Tension	5
Darkness	7
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Norman René
Written by: Craig Lucas
Starring: Bruce Davison, Campbell Scott, Patrick Cassidy, Mary-Louise Parker, Stephen Caffrey, Dermot Mulroney, John Dossett, Michael Schoeffling
Music: Greg De Belles
Cinematography: Anthony Jannelli
Runtime: 99 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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