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Keane (2004)

Keane poster
Directed by
Lodge Kerrigan
Genre
drama film, independent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 77 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mentally disturbed man struggles to live with the memory of his young daughter's abduction months earlier. He becomes involved with a single mother and her child.

tenseunsettlingintimatebleakslow-burnemotionally rawclaustrophobicfocused

What happens

Keane is a 2004 American drama film written and directed by Lodge Kerrigan. Set in New York City, it focuses on a mentally disturbed man trying to come to terms with the abduction of his daughter several months earlier and the relationship he develops with a young girl and her mother. The film premiered at the 2004 Telluride Film Festival and was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, the 2005 Cannes Film Festival, and the Deauville Film Festival, where it won both the Critics Award and the Jury Special Prize, before it went into limited theatrical release in New York City on September 9, 2005. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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