2013 · drama
Concussion
Directed by Stacie Passon1h 36m2013
After a blow to the head, Abby decides she can't do it anymore. Her life just can't be only about the house, the kids and the wife. She needs more: she needs to be Eleanor.
Our read: Concussion (2013) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- gentle
- cold
- intimate
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