Beautiful Kate
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, measured, measured drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
How every film is hand-scored →Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye to his father who is dying. Ned also brings his young aspiring actress fiancee who struggles with the isolation. When home he starts having memories of his childhood many involving his beautiful twin sister and his older brother. These memories awaken long-buried secrets from the family's past.
Our read · Beautiful Kate (2009) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Beautiful Kate
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The reading.
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