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The Braid

2023 · 121 min

A patient, heartfelt interweaving of three women's struggles across continents, quietly moving and grounded in everyday hardship.

Directed by: Laetitia Colombani
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Kim Raver, Fotinì Peluso, Mia Maelzer

Overview: India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family business is ruined. Canada. Sarah, a successful lawyer, is about to be promoted to the head of her firm when she learns that she is ill. Three lives, three women, three continents. Three battles to fight. Although they don’t know each other, Smita, Giulia and Sarah are unknowingly linked by their most intimate and singular bond.

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Directed by: Laetitia Colombani
Genres: Drama, Comedy
Starring: Kim Raver, Fotinì Peluso, Mia Maelzer

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: class
family
survival
identity
healing
Places: small town
big city
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, comedy
Directed by: Laetitia Colombani
Written by: Laetitia Colombani
Starring: Kim Raver, Fotinì Peluso, Mia Maelzer, Katharine King So, Avi Nash, Sarah Abbott, Lydia Zadel, Manuela Ventura
Music: Ludovico Einaudi
Cinematography: Ronald Plante
Runtime: 121 min
Country: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy
Languages: Hindi, Italian, English

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