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Causeway (2022)

Causeway poster
Directed by
Lila Neugebauer
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 32m
Rated
R
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 568 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A soldier returns to New Orleans after a traumatic injury. She struggles to reconnect with her old life and finds an unexpected friendship with a local mechanic.

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What happens

Causeway is a 2022 American drama film directed by Lila Neugebauer and written by Ottessa Moshfegh, Luke Goebel, and Elizabeth Sanders. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence (who also produced), Brian Tyree Henry, Linda Emond, Jayne Houdyshell, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Russell Harvard. It follows a soldier struggling to adjust to her life after returning home to New Orleans. Causeway had its premiere at the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2022. The film was released in select theaters on October 28, by A24, then had a streaming release on November 4, 2022, on Apple TV+. The film received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised the performances of Lawrence and Henry. Among other accolades, Henry was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 95th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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