It's all about time.
Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.
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Contemplative, prestige, intimate and character-led.
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Casey AffleckC
- Rooney MaraM
- McColm Cephas Jr.Little Boy
- Kenneisha ThompsonDoctor
- Grover CoulsonMan in Wheelchair
- Liz CardenasLinda
- Barlow JacobsGentleman Caller
- Richard KrauseMover
- Dagger SalazarMover
- Sonia AcevedoMaria
Crew
- David LoweryDirector
- David LoweryWriter
- Andrew Droz PalermoDirector of Photography
- Daniel HartOriginal Music Composer
- David LoweryEditor
- James M. JohnstonProducer
- Toby HalbrooksProducer
- Adam DonagheyProducer
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