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Towelhead

2008 · 111 min

A deeply uncomfortable, slow-burning coming-of-age drama that confronts sexual abuse and bigotry with raw, unflinching honesty.

Directed by: Alan Ball
Genres: Drama
Starring: Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette

Tagline: How can you find yourself if no one can see you?
Overview: A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist, and her strict father during the Gulf War.

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Directed by: Alan Ball
Genres: Drama
Starring: Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: coming-of-age
identity
isolation
family
race
Places: suburbs
small town
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Alan Ball
Written by: Alan Ball
Starring: Summer Bishil, Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Peter Macdissi, Eugene Jones III, Lynn Collins, Chase Ellison
Music: Thomas Newman
Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Runtime: 111 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: Arabic, English, Spanish, French

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