The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

When a woman's emotions sway away on a slender thread, expect anything…

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Release Date

12/15/1965

Runtime

98 mins

Genres

Overview

Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can Alan get the cavalry to save her in time before it's too late?

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A taut, deeply human race against time unfolds almost entirely through a phone line, as a young crisis counselor attempts to talk a suicidal woman off the ledge while learning the painful truths that brought her there. It's a film about connection forged in desperation, treating both the caller and the counselor with quiet dignity.

Mood

TenseMelancholicHopeful

Themes

RedemptionIsolationFamilyMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Propulsive

Look

Documentary-likeNaturalistic

Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

Suicide and self-harmAddiction

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