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The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby (2013)

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby poster
Original title
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Directed by
Ned Benson
Genre
drama film, romance film, melodrama
Country
United States
Runtime
2h 03m
Rated
R
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 317 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A married couple goes through a difficult separation. The story is told from the perspectives of both the husband and the wife.

melancholicintrospectivefragmentedslow-burnromanticemotionalbittersweetcontemplative

What happens

The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby is the collective title of three films written and directed by Ned Benson in his directorial debut, and starring Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, alongside a supporting cast of Viola Davis, Bill Hader, Katherine Waterston, Ciarán Hinds, Isabelle Huppert, and William Hurt. After the film split into three parts, Him and Her were screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival as a "work in progress". Them premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Them premiered in the United States on September 12, 2014, while Him and Her were released together as double feature on October 10, 2014. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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