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The Grandmother

1970 · 34 min

A raw, dreamlike descent into a child's loneliness and fear, unsettling and strangely tender.

Tagline
To live is to die.
Overview
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • trauma
  • family
  • survival
  • healing
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • animated
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror7
Humour1
Realism2
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
animation, horror
Directed by
David Lynch
Written by
David Lynch
Starring
Dorothy McGinnis, Virginia Maitland, Robert Chadwick, Richard White
Runtime
34 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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