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Countercurrents

A scrappy, bittersweet indie ramble through counterculture nostalgia, mixing sibling friction with wistful comedy and a lingering ache of loss.

Tagline
Stanley never learned to avoid swimming against the tides.
Overview
Traumatized by his recent divorce, lovelorn Stanley takes off cross country to San Francisco, landing at his enterprising sister Nancy's doorstep. Nancy, who makes counterculture cinema-themed t-shirts, lives in "Camille's Castle," a frozen-in-time legacy home for displaced artists and outcasts. Together, they search for the remaining scraps of San Francisco's Summer of Love, and wind up at odds with each other. Countercurrents is an aggressive tribute to the counterculture films of the late 60's, with "easter eggs" in no short supply.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • art
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Daniel Kremer
Written by
Jarrod LaBine, Daniel Kremer
Starring
Jarrod LaBine, Emily Corbo, Macarena Abad, Tara DeMoulin, Brecht Andersch, Klarissa Barskaya, Joel Roth, Kristina Yarmolich
Cinematography
Aaron Hollander

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