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Suspended (2012)
Director: Damian Walshe-Howling
Cast: Clare Bowen, Damon Gameau, Yasmin Honeychurch, Finn Ireland
Runtime18 min
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Confronted by the stark reality that his father is in an intimate relationship with another woman, seven-year-old Caleb grapples with his sense of belonging and begins to inhabit a realm of frightening magical possibility. The cracks in his parents relationship, coupled with their drug use and inability to communicate, drive Caleb further into his imagination. It is not until he meets Eddie, a blind man with a sense of mischief and a subtle inner knowing, that Caleb begins to open up and explore his own innate potential for magic, which leads ultimately, to a fulfillment of the impossible.
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Suspended is a captivating drama directed by Damian Walshe-Howling in 2012, featuring standout performances from Clare Bowen and Damon Gameau. The film blends realism and magical realism as it explores the inner world of a young boy struggling with his family's dysfunction, ultimately finding solace and wonder through an unlikely friendship with a blind man.
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Suspended is a 1987 Polish film directed by Waldemar Krzystek. The film tells the story of a former Home Army (AK) member who hides for several years in the cellar of the house belonging to the woman he secretly married during the war. Making clear the link between this film and Andrzej Wajda's Man of Marble, the director chose two of Wajda's actors; Krystyna Janda and Jerzy Radziwiłowicz.
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