More Beautiful for Having Been Broken

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Nicole Conn directs. Seth Wessel-Estes behind the camera. Nami Melumad scores. Nicole Conn cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 6 years ago.
• 2Directed by Nicole Conn, shot by Seth Wessel-Estes. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Nami Melumad. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor Nicole Conn shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Zoe Ventoura and Kayla Jenee Radomski and Harley Jane Kozak carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt7326320 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 44 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Seth Wessel-Estes

Original score

Nami Melumad

Editing

Nicole Conn

Costume design

Isabel Mandujano

Makeup / hair

Melissa Ferreira

Runtime

111 min · 1h 51m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

PG

IMDB

More Beautiful for Having Been Broken (2020) ↗

Also by

Nicole Conn

• 
  SHE4ME

  2014 · ★ 8.3
• 
  Elena Undone

  2010 · ★ 6.9
• 
  A Perfect Ending

  2012 · ★ 6.2
• 
  Claire of the Moon

  1992 · ★ 5.3
• 
  Little Man

  2005 · ★ 5.2
• 
  Cynara: Poetry in Motion

  1996 · ★ 4.9

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  More Beautiful for Having Been Broken - Trailer

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Key crew

• EditorNicole Conn
• EditorDavid C. Eichhorn
• Makeup Department HeadMelissa Ferreira
• Hair Department HeadMelissa Ferreira
• Executive ProducerHeliberto Cano
• Costume DesignIsabel Mandujano
• Executive ProducerJayne Goldstein
• Executive ProducerChakinta Jones
• Executive ProducerSarah Whitehead
• Co-ProducerJessica Liley
• ProducerLissa Forehan
• Associate ProducerGaile T. Brown
• Line ProducerChris Clancy
• ProducerNicole Conn
• CastingBruce H. Newberg

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• vacation
• special needs
• female driven

Release history · US

When it landed

• TV2019-03-15PG

Also known as

International titles

• Nesting DollUS
• 侘寂之美CN