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Boys Don't Cry , 1999

English

USA

Rating:7.5
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.

Details
Language: English
Country: USA
Release date: 29 October 1999
Runtime: 118 min
Awards: Academy Awards
Awards
Hilary Swank for Best Actress at the 1999 Academy Awards
Cast and Crew
Hilary Swank

as Brandon Teena

Chloë Sevigny

as Lana Tisdel

Photos
Chloe Sevigny as Lana and Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Chloe Sevigny as Lana and Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena and Chloe Sevigny as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Hilary Swank as Brandon Teena and Chloe Sevigny as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Chloe Sevigny as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
Chloe Sevigny as Lana in Boys Don't Cry (1999)
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Critics Reviews
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.

The New York Times

Stunning...a film much tougher and more transfixing than its wan title.

Users Reviews
Hilary Swank in the role of her life

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.

Boys Don't Cry, but you might...

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...

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