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Boys Don't Cry , 1999
English
USA
Plot
Kimberly Peirce's directorial debut tells the gut-wrenching true story of Teena Brandon, a Midwestern female who disguised herself as a man. Relocating to Falls City, Nebraska, from Lincoln, she managed to convince her newfound group of friends that she was Brandon Teena. The film treats these events with a painful objectivism, as Brandon's relationships with her friends John, Tom, Kate, Candace, and Lana unfold toward their inevitably horrific conclusion. A shining example of independent filmmaking at its most impassioned.
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| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 29 October 1999 |
| Runtime: | 118 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Brandon Teena
as Lana Tisdel
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Variety
The poignant and candid Boys Don't Cry can be seen as a "Rebel Without a Cause" for these culturally diverse and complex times, with the two misfit girls enacting a version of the James Dean/Natalie Wood romance with utmost conviction.
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- by: Emanuel Levy
The New York Times
Stunning...a film much tougher and more transfixing than its wan title.
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- by: Elvis Mitchell
Users Reviews
a true spine-tingling story, rough and touching, you just can't stay indifferent. Hilary Swank's acting is simply perfect. not an easy watch but the drama it provides worth every second. I'll probably cry again and again every time I'll watch it.
- 08.November.2008
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- by: Noa
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A very bleak and powerful movie. The story of a young woman who explores her identity and introduces herself as a man in front of a group of young people. She feels more comfortable as boy but the situation becomes complicated when one of the girls...
- 22.September.2008
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- by: amit.alter
- amit.alter rated this movie0/10
