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The Grief of Others
The Grief of Others
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620 Ratings

THE GRIEF OF OTHERS

Directed by Patrick Wang
United States, 2015
Drama

Synopsis

The Ryries have suffered a loss: The death of a baby just after birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents try to return to their previous lives. The kids respond to the tensions around them in idiosyncratic ways. But as the family scatters into grief, an unexpected visitor arrives.

Synopsis

The Ryries have suffered a loss: The death of a baby just after birth. Without words to express their grief, the parents try to return to their previous lives. The kids respond to the tensions around them in idiosyncratic ways. But as the family scatters into grief, an unexpected visitor arrives.

Our take

Adapted from Leah Hager Cohen’s eponymous novel, Patrick Wang’s staggering family drama unfurls the tortuous cycles and domino effects of grief with immense empathy and acuity. A uniquely renewing emotional experience where artmaking emerges as the cathartic conduit for exorcizing personal demons.