Film
A Ghost Story (12A)
Dir. David Lowery, US, 2016, 92 mins. Cast. Casey Affleck, Rooney Mara.
Returning to his suburban home as a white-sheeted ghost to console his bereft wife (Mara), the recently deceased ‘C’ (Affleck) finds that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the woman he loves slowly slips away from him. An unforgettable meditation on legacy, loss and longing, this is a unique and uniquely affecting supernatural drama from the director of Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.
Returning to his suburban home as a white-sheeted ghost to console his bereft wife (Mara), the recently deceased ‘C’ (Affleck) finds that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the woman he loves slowly slips away from him. An unforgettable meditation on legacy, loss and longing, this is a unique and uniquely affecting supernatural drama from the director of Ain’t Them Bodies Saints.