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Manchester by the Sea

2016 · Drama · Kenneth Lonergan · 2h 17m

A Boston handyman is made guardian of his teenage nephew after his brother dies, which means going back to the town he left. The reason he left comes out slowly.

  • Strongly realistic
  • Strongly character-driven
  • Strongly intimate
  • Strongly slow
  • Clearly heavy

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    • Strongly intimate
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    Describe: Fences

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  • Drive My Car

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    2021 · Drama

    A stage actor takes a job in Hiroshima directing a Chekhov play, and the theatre assigns him a young woman to drive him there and back each day. Three hours, mostly conversation, much of it in the car.

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    • Strongly intimate
    • Clearly heavy

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    Describe: Drive My Car

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