Parallel Sons

A quiet, tense character study of loneliness and tentative connection in a rural setting, with an undercurrent of danger.

Directed by

John G. Young

Genres

Drama, Romance

Starring

Gabriel Mann, Laurence Mason, Murphy Guyer

Overview

Seth is a youth with artistic leanings, a fascination with Black pop culture, and a dead-end life in an Adirondack village. He's alternatively sensitive and brutal with Kristen, who wants a sexual relationship that he explosively rejects. Late one night, as he's closing the cafe where he works, a young Black man attempts to rob him at gun point but faints from illness. Seth takes the man, Knowledge, an escapee from a nearby prison, to a family cabin where he nurses him and they begin a tentative friendship. When the sheriff learns of Seth's harboring a fugitive, a confrontation looms. Relationships between fathers and their children dominate the subplots.

How it feels

Melancholic, tense, earnest and romantic. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, isolation, race, sexuality

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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