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Small Sacrifices

1989 · 159 min

A grim, methodical true-crime retelling that unsettles through a mother's chilling calm and the slow grind of investigation and courtroom reckoning.

Directed by: David Greene
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp

Tagline: What possessed a mother to shoot her helpless children?
Overview: A peculiar and disturbing case catches the attention of the police when a young mother and her children, all severely injured, show up in a hospital's emergency room.

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Directed by: David Greene
Genres: Drama, Tv movie
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
parenthood
deception
betrayal
justice
Places: small town
hospital
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, tv movie
Directed by: David Greene
Written by: Joyce Eliason
Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Ryan O'Neal, Gordon Clapp, John Shea, Emily Perkins, Christopher Caravalho, Jayne Eastwood, Garry Chalk
Music: Peter Manning Robinson
Cinematography: Ron Orieux
Runtime: 159 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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