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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
A close, abrasive character study of a woman coming apart under emotional disappointment, with Elisabeth Moss delivering the same kind of intimate, disquieting volatility that powers Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance.
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It shares the slow, unnerving escalation of private obsession overtaking ordinary family life, keeping sympathy and alarm in delicate balance as a protagonist crosses difficult lines.
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Why this pick
Its restrained domestic realism and unnervingly controlled tone turn a seemingly ordinary household into a study of silence, power, and boundary violations; considerably darker but similarly unsettling.
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Why this pick
A precise, emotionally cool drama about artistic aspiration, family distance, and the stories people tell themselves, with a fractured but humane view of adult dissatisfaction.
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Why this pick
For the patient observational style and a heroine whose longing for artistic purpose makes her overlook destabilising realities; it is intimate, ambiguous, and quietly devastating.
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01 / THE STORY
Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal), a kindergarten teacher from Staten Island, is struggling with feelings of dissatisfaction in her life. She is in a loving yet passionless marriage with her husband Grant (Michael Chernus), and her teenage children, Josh (Sam Jules) and Lainie (Daisy Tahan), are distant with her. Lisa attends a poetry class every week led by Simon (Gael García Bernal), but her poetry is dismissed as derivative. One of Lisa's students, Jimmy, is routinely picked up late from school by a babysitter. One day, Lisa overhears Jimmy reciting a poem he wrote while he is waiting to be picked up. Lisa reads the poem at her poetry class, where her classmates and Simon are struck by it and compliment Lisa on her talent. Lisa decides that Jimmy is a prodigy, and begins to dedicate her time to nurturing his talent.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Grant Spinelli
Becca
Meghan
Sanjay Roy
Brittany
Mr. Bishop
Marianne
Poet
