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A Ghost Story
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- 2017
- David Lowery
- 88 mins
- 12A
Summary
A dead man's spirit remains on Earth as a white-sheeted ghost invisible to the living. He returns to his home to comfort his wife through her grief, but finds he can only helplessly watch while she learns to move on and the life he knew is slowly swept away. Supernatural drama, starring Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara
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A star rating of 4 out of 5.
Emma Simmonds
Melancholy colours each frame of this unusual, supernatural-themed offering from David Lowery (Pete's Dragon), an unapologetically solemn and contemplative film which sees a deceased musician wander unseen among the living. Dressed in a white sheet as if it's Halloween in perpetuity, this forlorn figure endures a long, lonely existence - at first by the side of his grieving, oblivious wife, and then in the company of strangers. The film reunites its writer/director with the stars of Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara, who play the doomed lovers with rare delicacy (that's when Affleck isn't under the sheet, although even then there is something tremendously sad about the way he stands). Lowery combines the fluidity of Terrence Malick with shades of Ghost and even Beetle Juice, yet his mildly eccentric, profoundly atmospheric take on the ethereal ultimately feels all its own. Soulfully scored and every bit as powerful in moments of discomforting silence, it's haunting indeed.
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rolenameCCasey AffleckMRooney MaraLittle boyMcColm Sephas JrDoctorKenneisha ThompsonMan in wheelchairGrover CoulsonLindaLiz Cardenas FrankeClaraBrea GrantSpirit girlKesha Clara's wife, who is writing a bookAugustine FrizzellMariaSonia AcevedoCarlosCarlos Bermudez
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rolenameDirectorDavid Lowery
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Theatrical distributor
Picturehouse Entertainment
Released on
2017-08-11
Languages
English | Spanish
Guidance
Swearing.
Available on
DVD and Blu-ray
Formats
Colour
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