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Stuart: A Life Backwards

2007 · 92 min

A tender, painful friendship portrait that unfolds backwards, leaving you moved and quietly devastated by its honesty.

Overview
Story about the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator and a chaotic homeless man, whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • addiction
  • trauma
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
drama, tv movie
Directed by
David Attwood
Written by
Alexander Masters
Starring
Tom Hardy, Benedict Cumberbatch, Nicola Duffett, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Edna Doré, Frank Mills, Candis Nergaard, Felicity Dean
Music
Rob Lane
Cinematography
Ulf Brantås
Runtime
92 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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