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category:
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date: '2024-02-07'
description: janitor returning to hometown after brother's death—lonergan revealing through flashbacks the fire that killed his children, grief so complete it erases the possibility of redemption, casey affleck frozen in a past he can't forgive himself for living through.
director: Kenneth Lonergan
id: manchester-by-the-sea
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rating: 8.6
status: finished
studio: amazon studios
tags:
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  - r/psychology
  - o/life
title: Manchester by the Sea
watched: '2024-02-15'
year: 2016
created: '2024-02-07'
published: '2024-02-07'
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