Oscars 2017: Casey Affleck wins Best actor for Manchester by the Sea

Casey Affleck wins Best actor for the movie Manchester by the Sea.

Manchester by the Sea wins award for the Best Original Screenplay. The award was received by Kenneth Lonergan.

Kenneth Lonergan uses the Unannounced Flashback throughout Manchester by the Sea to tell the story of Lee Chandler (played by Casey Affleck) and express Chandler's ongoing grief. We look back at the history of flashbacks to shed light on Lonergan's choice.

Hidden Meanings Behind the Movie, "Manchester by the Sea" (Spoilers)

Selected by “Conscious Movie Reviews,” “Manchester by the Sea” is a drama about loss. After the sudden loss of his older brother, Lee Chandler was made the legal trustee for the care of his teenage nephew, Patrick.  Unprepared for the responsibility, Lee was still grieving from a tragedy that compelled him to create distance from family and friends.  He was forced to return to his hometown of Manchester-by-the-Sea in Massachusetts to oversee his nephew and deal with the unresolved pains from his past.

'Manchester by the Sea' is a study in loss and love

'Manchester by the Sea' is the story of what happens after an uncle is asked to take care of his nephew after the death of the boy's father. The film deals with loss, grief, and the idea of closure, but director Kenneth Lonergan tells Jeffrey Brown it's really a story about love.

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