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Five

2011 · 87 min

A tender, uneven patchwork of intimate stories that asks you to sit with illness and loss, offering warmth and quiet resilience more than spectacle.

Directed by
Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca
Tagline
Direct Your Power
Overview
An anthology of five short films exploring the impact of breast cancer on people's lives.

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Directed by
Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Tv movie
Starring
Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • survival
  • healing
  • identity
Places
  • home
  • hospital
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour4
Realism8
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama, tv movie
Directed by
Jennifer Aniston, Penelope Spheeris, Alicia Keys, Patty Jenkins
Written by
Stephen Godchaux, Wendy West, Jill Gordon, Deirdre O'Connor
Starring
Patricia Clarkson, Rosario Dawson, Lyndsy Fonseca, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Emily Skinner, Carla Gallo, Aisha Hinds
Music
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Cinematography
Christopher Popp, Eric Alan Edwards
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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