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Dust

2015 · 6 min

A quiet, intimate six minutes that sits heavily with you, tracing a couple's grief in small gestures and silences.

Directed by
Daniel Butler
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ross Anderson-Doherty, Molly Clarke, Seamus O'Hara
Overview
A young couple's relationship is altered after an abortion.

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In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
Directed by
Daniel Butler
Genres
Drama
Starring
Ross Anderson-Doherty, Molly Clarke, Seamus O'Hara
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • love
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • parenthood
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action0
Horror1
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Daniel Butler
Written by
Daniel Butler
Starring
Ross Anderson-Doherty, Molly Clarke, Seamus O'Hara
Cinematography
Declan O'Grianna
Runtime
6 min
Languages
English

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