Short film

Some Boys Don't Leave

2009 · 17 min

A quiet, uncomfortable study of lingering in a broken relationship, watching someone unable to move on while life continues around him.

Directed by: Maggie Kiley
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Eloise Mumford, Jennifer Rau

Overview: Some Boys Don't Leave is the story of what happens when the break-up happens but the break does not. 'Boy' is forced to come to terms with the fact that 'Girl' no longer wants him around. The only problem is he just can't seem to leave their once shared apartment. 'Girl' decides to keep living her life around him; while he remains, watching at a distance. In time, each decides to go in his or her own distinctly different directions. 'Boy' soon finds that sometimes the greatest distance we are asked to travel is one within ourselves.

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Directed by: Maggie Kiley
Genres: Drama
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Eloise Mumford, Jennifer Rau

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 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
love
identity
healing
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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