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G♭

2022 · 17 min

A quiet, tender study of loss and late-life loneliness, unfolding slowly in a single room with gentle emotional weight.

Directed by: Peter Darney
Genres: Drama
Starring: Richard Wilson, Aled Ap Steffan, Francois Pandolfo

Overview: 84-year-old cellist Ceri has lost his husband to cancer and his ability to play to a debilitating stroke. His dull life is spent in solitude, save for the interruptions of agency carers and the solace of his iPad. Seizing the opportunity that a night-time staff shortage brings; he uses Grindr to invite 20-year-old rent-boy Iestyn to visit.

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Directed by: Peter Darney
Genres: Drama
Starring: Richard Wilson, Aled Ap Steffan, Francois Pandolfo

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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
loneliness
sexuality
healing
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Peter Darney
Written by: Peter Darney
Starring: Richard Wilson, Aled Ap Steffan, Francois Pandolfo, Anita Reynolds
Cinematography: Ryan Owen Eddleston
Runtime: 17 min
Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

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