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Pictures of Hollis Woods

2007 · 87 min

A gentle, heartfelt story of a lonely girl finding belonging, told through tender memories and quiet emotional warmth.

Directed by: Tony Bill
Genres: Tv movie, Drama
Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard

Overview: After running away from her last foster placement with the Regan family, twelve year old Hollis Woods is placed with a new foster mother, the loving, retired art teacher, Josie Cahill.

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Directed by: Tony Bill
Genres: Tv movie, Drama
Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard

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Tone: warmstrength 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: found family
family
memory
identity
healing
Places: small town
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	1
Tension	3
Darkness	3
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: tv movie, drama
Directed by: Tony Bill
Written by: Ann Peacock, Camille Thomasson, Daniel Petrie Jr.
Starring: Jodelle Ferland, Sissy Spacek, Alfre Woodard, Judith Ivey, James Tupper, Julie Ann Emery, Ridge Canipe
Music: Ernest Troost
Cinematography: Paul Sarossy
Runtime: 87 min
Languages: English

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