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The Volunteer

83 min

A quiet, naturalistic character study that slowly draws you into a tense domestic situation, feeling both tender and uneasy.

Overview: In writer/director Jonathan Steckley's beautifully subtle and naturalistic film, a young youth worker goes beyond the call of duty to help a weary teen-aged girl but quickly finds himself in over his head dealing with her dysfunctional family.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Family, isolation, class, trauma
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 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
isolation
class
trauma
parenthood
Places: suburbs
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Directed by: Jonathan Steckley
Written by: Francois Goudreault, Jonathan Steckley, Ken C. Ogasawara
Starring: Ken C. Ogasawara, Theodore Bouloukos, Myra Segal, Kaity Adam, Andrew Cherry, Cheryl Lee, David Roland Walpole, Heather O'Donnell
Cinematography: Christopher Schneider
Runtime: 83 min
Country: United States of America