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The Long Day Closes

1992 · 85 min

A hushed, dreamlike drift through memory, more a mood than a story, tender and achingly lonely at once.

Tagline
A magical story about a boy’s love affair with the music and movies of the 50s.
Overview
Bud is a lonely and quiet boy whose moments of solace occur when he sits in rapture at the local cinema, watching towering and iconic figures on the movie screen. The movies give Bud the strength to get through another day as he deals with his oppressive school environment and his burgeoning homosexuality.

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • loneliness
    • identity
    • family
    • memory
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    • school
    • home
    Era
    period
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror1
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance2
    Tension3
    Darkness6
    Complexity7
    Emotional weight8

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Directed by
    Terence Davies
    Written by
    Terence Davies
    Starring
    Leigh McCormack, Marjorie Yates, Anthony Watson, Nicholas Lamont, Ayse Owens, Tina Malone, Jimmy Wilde, Robin Polley
    Cinematography
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    Runtime
    85 min
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Languages
    English

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