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A Painted House

2003 · 97 min

A slow, earnest coming-of-age drama with a warm nostalgic glow and undercurrents of hardship and danger.

Tagline
Desperate Times, hard truths, unexpected dangers. One extraordinary summer will change a young boy and his family...forever.
Overview
A young boy, his family, and the migrant workers they hire to work their cotton farm struggle against difficult odds to raise and sell the crop. Meanwhile, the boy dreams of living in better conditions. However, with this particularly tough farming season, the boy learns that his challenges guide him in discovering who he really is.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • survival
  • class
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, family, tv movie
Directed by
Alfonso Arau
Written by
Patrick Sheane Duncan
Starring
Scott Glenn, Logan Lerman, Robert Sean Leonard, Pablo Schreiber, Audrey Marie Anderson, Arija Bareikis, Luis Garcia, Melinda Dillon
Music
Ruy Folguera
Cinematography
Xavier Grobet
Runtime
97 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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