Loneliness is much better when you have got someone to share it with.
When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
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Contemporary, intimate, contemplative and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- intimateepic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Peter DinklageFinbar McBride
- Patricia ClarksonOlivia Harris
- Bobby CannavaleJoe Oramas
- Michelle WilliamsEmily
- Raven GoodwinCleo
- Paul BenjaminHenry Styles
- Jase BlankfortStore Customer
- Paula GarcésCashier
- Josh PaisCarl
- Richard KindLouis Tiboni
Crew
- Tom McCarthyDirector
- Tom McCarthyWriter
- Oliver BokelbergDirector of Photography
- Stephen TraskOriginal Music Composer
- Tom McArdleEditor
- Robert MayProducer
- Mary Jane SkalskiProducer
- Kathryn TuckerProducer
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