After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.
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Prestige, contemplative, grave and nostalgic.
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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Cast
- Isabella RosselliniInterlocuter
- Erik Steffen MaahsGrown-up Guy Maddin
- Sullivan BrownYoung Guy Maddin
- Gretchen KrichMother
- Maya LawsonSis
- Jake Morgan-ScharhonChance Hale / Wendy Hale
- Andrew LoviskaSavage Tom
- Kellan LarsonNeddie
- Todd Jefferson MooreFather
- Megan MurphyMurderous Sister
Crew
- Guy MaddinDirector
- Guy MaddinWriter
- George TolesWriter
- Louis NeginWriter
- Benjamin KasulkeDirector of Photography
- Jason StaczekOriginal Music Composer
- John GurdebekeEditor
- Amy E. JacobsoProducer
- Gregg LachowProducer
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Pairings
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Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Tastebuds Other media included when they land close.
Dead Man 199569% alikeBoth prestige, contemplative, grave.
The Virgin Suicides 200068% alikeBoth prestige, contemplative.
The Souvenir: Part II 202168% alikeBoth prestige, grave, contemplative.
Shirley 202067% alikeBoth grave, prestige, intimate.
The French Lieutenant's Woman 198166% alikeBoth prestige, grave, contemplative.
Maria 202466% alikeBoth contemplative, prestige, grave.
Queer 202466% alikeBoth prestige, contemplative, grave.
Distant Voices, Still Lives 198865% alikeBoth prestige, grave, contemplative; this one is more earnest.
Patchwork Girl 199572% alikeGame · Both prestige, contemplative, grave.
Fatale 200966% alikeGame · Both prestige, contemplative, grave.
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