Comedy-drama Film -

: These films often leave audiences feeling "wistful"—a mixture of being moved by the drama and uplifted by the comedy. Iconic Examples in Global Cinema

We call it a —and it might just be the most difficult, rewarding, and humanistic genre in all of filmmaking. comedy-drama film

The comedy-drama is currently thriving, particularly in the realm of "A24-style" independent cinema. : These films often leave audiences feeling "wistful"—a

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013). The Coen Brothers’ portrait of a folk singer who fails at everything. The film is bone-dry funny (a cat, a belligerent John Goodman, a disastrous road trip) and crushingly sad (poverty, abortion, artistic irrelevance). It ends with the hero getting beaten up in an alley—and then returning to the same bar to sing the same sad song. Hilarious. Tragic. Perfect. Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)