Movie

Stone Pillow

1985 · 100 min

A quiet, earnest character study that asks you to sit with loneliness and small kindnesses, rewarding patience with a gentle emotional payoff.

Overview: A homeless woman named Florabelle becomes the unwitting guide to the streets for a New York social worker named Carrie who thinks she has lessons to offer the down-and-out clients she serves at the homeless shelter. Soon, however, Carrie realizes that she's the one who has much to learn.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and bleak. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Isolation, class, identity, healing
Content: Mild language. No violence, gore or sexual content.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
class
identity
healing
survival
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex none