

The Photograph
When famed photographer Christina Eames dies unexpectedly, she leaves her estranged daughter, Mae, hurt, angry and full of questions. When Mae finds a photograph tucked away in a safe-deposit box, she soon finds herself delving into her mother's early life -- an investigation that leads to an unexpected romance with a rising journalist.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $16M
- Box office
- $20.7M
- Language
- English
- new york city
- journalist
- photographer
- louisiana
- letter
- cancer
- death of mother
- first love
- old photograph
- woman director
- memories
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereSVA Theater in New York City, New York11 Feb 2020
- TheatricalPG-1314 Feb 2020
- Digital / OTTPG-13VOD28 Apr 2020
- PhysicalPG-13Blu-ray / DVD12 May 2020
- TVPG-13HBO5 Dec 2020
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical12A6 Mar 2020
AustriaAT
- Theatrical10 Sept 2020
BrazilBR
- Digital / OTT127 Aug 2020
FranceFR
- Digital / OTTVOD1 Sept 2020
- PhysicalDVD1 Sept 2020
- Digital / OTT10Netflix1 Sept 2022
GermanyDE
- Theatrical011 Sept 2020
HungaryHU
- Digital / OTT1215 May 2021
IrelandIE
- Theatrical12A6 Mar 2020
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical25 Sept 2021
SpainES
- Theatrical724 Jul 2020
SwedenSE
- Digital / OTT1514 Feb 2020
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The Photograph was released on 14 February 2020.
Audience reviews
2- C6/10
Crazypiglady
3/9/2023
Mae, looking into her late photographer mother's New Orleans past, meets Mike, researching the same story as a journalist. The film journeys between New York and New Orleans and the earlier life of Mae's mother alongside her own. It Stylishly explores relationships and how they can be left unresolved and how the mistakes of our parents influence our own choices.
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
4/15/2024
"Michael" (LaKeith Stanfield - who has great taste in coats/jackets) is a journalist who travels to interview a man who has just lost his wife. During his visit to the man's home he spies a photograph of a girl taken by Chanté Adams ("Christina"). Once back in New Orleans, he tries to track down more work from this photographer and that introduces him to "Mae" (Issa Rae), the assistant curator at a gallery with whom …
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