Body and Bones (2019)

Original title

Body & Bones

Directed by

Melanie Oates

Genre

drama

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 37m

Rated

15

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An 18-year-old girl in a small Newfoundland town is grieving her mother's death. She gets a chance to leave when she starts a relationship with a musician who had moved away long ago.

melancholicslow-burnintimatebittersweetquietlonginggrief-strickenatmospheric

What happens

Body and Bones is a Canadian drama film, directed by Melanie Oates and released in 2019. The film stars Kelly Van der Burg as Tess Small, an 18-year-old girl mourning the death of her mother, who is offered an opportunity to escape her stifling small-town existence in a Newfoundland outport when she becomes romantically involved with Danny Sharpe (Joel Thomas Hynes), a musician who left the town long ago to pursue his career in St. John's. The cast also includes Lawrence Barry as Tess's stepfather Gerry, as well as Ruth Lawrence, Stephen Payette, Evan Mercer, Janet Cull, Emily Corcoran, Michelle Rex Bailey, Darren Ivany, Paula Morgan, Alison Woolridge, Heather Power and Jason Bhattacharya in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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