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The Grass Harp

1996 · 107 min

A gentle, bittersweet Southern fable that feels like a warm memory, with quirky characters and a quiet sense of longing.

Directed by
Charles Matthau
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Tagline
Love is a chain of love... as nature is a chain of life.
Overview
Based on the novel by Truman Capote, this often-witty coming-of-age drama looks at a young man growing up with an unusual family in the Deep South in the 1940s. Becoming an orphan in 1935, Collin moves to his dad's cousins Verena and Dolly. Verena is a rich, bossy businesswoman. Dolly, Collin and the maid revolt, moving to a tree house.

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Directed by
Charles Matthau
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • isolation
  • found family
  • grief
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, family
Directed by
Charles Matthau
Written by
Kirk Ellis, Stirling Silliphant
Starring
Joe Don Baker, Bonnie Bartlett, Nell Carter, Charles Durning, Sean Patrick Flanery, Grayson Fricke, Edward Furlong, Mia Kirshner
Music
Patrick Williams
Cinematography
John A. Alonzo
Runtime
107 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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