A Ghost Story

A man dies and haunts the house he shared with his wife. Yet A Ghost Story is not a horror film, but a precisely constructed and sensitive story with the salutary power of an almost childlike innocence. The story of the ghost becomes that of man. A hushed portrait of love and loss, with admittedly supernatural elements, that transcends the horror genre and gently transforms it into poetry. Rich in atmosphere and suggestion, sparse with action and dialogue. Daniel Hart's melancholic music speaks more than the characters do. David Lowery wrote the screenplay, directed and edited. After his equally delicate breakthrough film Ain't Them Bodies Saint, he again cast Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara as a couple in the leading roles. Lowery probes deeply into the human soul and his inventiveness is unforgettable: the bed sheet, the little note, the ghost language, the apple pie!

"A Ghost Story is a quietly grand romantic mystery, a metaphysical vision of love that is inseparable from Lowery’s wildly inventive yet controlled way with the very stuff of movies. The film is a jewel-like novella written directly onto the screen in images." - The New Yorker