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I Am the Cheese

1983 · 100 min

A quiet, disorienting descent into a boy's fractured memory, where a simple bike ride slowly curdles into something deeply unsettling.

Directed by
Robert Jiras
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
Overview
Adapted from the Robert Cormier novel. This film follows the life of a young boy whose happy, if somewhat unusual life with his friends and family gradually starts to unravel, until the truth of the boy's situation is finally revealed.
How it feels
Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Identity, memory, conspiracy, isolation
Content
Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note
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Directed by
Robert Jiras
Genres
Fantasy, Drama
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • memory
    • conspiracy
    • isolation
    • family
    Places
    • small town
    • hospital
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    teen
    Form
    • twist ending
    • nonlinear
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror3
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance2
    Tension6
    Darkness7
    Complexity8
    Emotional weight7

    Cast

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    Details

    Genres
    fantasy, drama
    Directed by
    Robert Jiras
    Written by
    David Lange, Robert Jiras
    Starring
    Hope Lange, Don Murray, Robert Wagner, Robert MacNaughton, Christopher Murray, Paul Romero, Cynthia Nixon, Russell P. Goslant
    Music
    Jonathan Tunick
    Runtime
    100 min
    Country
    United States of America
    Languages
    English

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