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Released
2004 · FILM

While I Was Gone

Directed by
Runtime
120 min
Drama

Synopsis

Jo Beckett lives a comfortable life with a successful veterinary practice, a devoted husband, and a beautiful home in a small town outside Boston. Despite this, she feels a lingering sense of dissatisfaction. One afternoon, a man brings his dog to her practice, and Jo recognizes him as Eli, a former housemate from her bohemian past over 20 years earlier. When Eli invites her to lunch at a fancy hotel in Boston, Jo goes with the intention of sleeping with him. Instead, Eli reveals a secret to her that forces her to confront the darkest moments of her past and puts her current life at risk.

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How many hands made this film

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Principal cast & crew: 19

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Neil MandelbergShot by Derick V UnderschultzScored by Lawrence ShraggeDesigned by Deanne Rohde

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