Childless (2015)

Directed by

Charlie Levi

Genre

drama

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A teenage girl dies suddenly. Four adults in her life confront their own struggles as they prepare for her funeral. They speak directly to the camera, offering self-serving and sometimes funny versions of the family story.

contemplativeuneasydarkly comicintimatemelancholicintrospectivebittersweetprovocative

What happens

Childless is a 2008 American drama film written and directed by Charlie Levi and starring Barbara Hershey, Joe Mantegna, James Naughton and Diane Venora. The sudden passing of a teenage girl unsettles the four adults in her life. Jarred by this glimpse of mortality, they struggle to understand – or justify – the current state of their own lives. As each gets ready for the funeral, they speak their private thoughts directly to the camera, leaving it up to the viewer to make sense of these off-kilter, self-serving, yet frequently humorous accounts of the family story. By the end of the day, more than a teenager has been put to rest. Hope beckons. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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