A Ghost Story

Theatrical - Wide 2017-04-24

Cast Casey Affleck Rooney Mara Barlow Jacobs Will Oldham Brea Grant
Directed by David Lowery
Written by David Lowery

Box Office Gross: $1,929,659

Running Time: 93 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Sailor Bear, Zero Trans Fat Productions, Ideaman Studios

Genres: Drama Fantasy Romance

JoBlo's Rating

9/10

Synopsis

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman... See more he loves slowly slip away.

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