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Ghostlight

Ghostlight

Comedy · Drama · 2024

When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

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Ghostlight

2024 Comedy · Drama 1h 55m

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7.1 / 10

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When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet alongside his estranged teenage daughter, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Alex Thompson · Kelly O'Sullivan

Written by

Kelly O'Sullivan

Keith Kupferer

Keith Kupferer

Dan Mueller

Katherine Mallen Kupferer

Katherine Mallen Kupferer

Daisy

Tara Mallen

Tara Mallen

Sharon

Dolly de Leon

Dolly de Leon

Rita

Hanna Dworkin

Hanna Dworkin

Lanora

Tommy Rivera-Vega

Tommy Rivera-Vega

Lucian

Alma Washington

Alma Washington

Moira

Court is in session

Put Ghostlight on trial.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.