This Time Away

Name: This Time Away
Uploaded: 2021-01-21T14:00:07Z
Duration: 804 s
Description: Nigel is an elderly man who has withdrawn from the world and lives alone with the memory of the family he once had. His solitary, unchanging routine is upended when an unexpected visitor arrives, forcing him to reckon with the past that still haunts him.

Year listed: 2021

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Sci-Fi Short Film: "This Time Away" (Starring Timothy Spall) | DUST

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14 min · English · Drama

Nigel is an elderly man who has withdrawn from the world and lives alone with the memory of the family he once had. His solitary, unchanging routine is upended when an unexpected visitor arrives, forcing him to reckon with the past that still haunts him.

Why we picked it

Timothy Spall stars in Magali Barbe's English drama as Nigel, a recluse living with memories of his family, until an unexpected visitor breaks his routine. Thirteen minutes, quietly devastating.

Bereavement, aging and loneliness. Source-based review; not rated for children.

Source: DUST

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