# The Photograph (2020)

> A guarded gallery curator follows a photograph into her late mother’s hidden past while falling for the journalist investigating it.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/412363

## Facts

- Runtime: 106 min
- Genres: Drama, Romance
- Director: Stella Meghie
- Cast: Issa Rae, LaKeith Stanfield, Chanté Adams, Y'lan Noel, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Lil Rel Howery, Teyonah Parris, Jasmine Cephas Jones
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7798646/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: none
- Mood: wistful, intimate, romantic, date night, quiet evening

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