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The Visit

2023 · 20 min

A quiet, tense reckoning with the past, heavy with regret and the weight of old choices.

Directed by
Jake Murray
Genres
Drama
Starring
Cal MacAninch, James Quinn, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch
Tagline
It's all coming your way
Overview
IRA man Tommy McDaid is pulled back to Manchester 25 years after he helped plant a huge bomb that devastated the City Centre and changed the course of his life forever.

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Directed by
Jake Murray
Genres
Drama
Starring
Cal MacAninch, James Quinn, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • memory
  • betrayal
  • politics
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jake Murray
Written by
Paul Ludden
Starring
Cal MacAninch, James Quinn, Trevor Dwyer-Lynch, Seumas Mackinnon, Liam Francis Collins, Shareesa Valentine, Steve Connolly, Jenson Clarke
Cinematography
Jenni Suitiala
Runtime
20 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
English

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