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Sun Dogs

2009 · 91 min

A slow, scruffy character study that lingers in humid streets, mixing quiet sadness with small moments of tenderness.

Overview
Down in Post-Katrina New Orleans, a drunkard plasma donor who mentors a teenage troublemaker begins romancing a reckless art school dropout he meets while singing karaoke.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • addiction
  • isolation
  • love
  • redemption
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Jason Affolder
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Jason Affolder
Starring
Tyler Chetta, Christina DeRosier, Matt Palumbo
Runtime
91 min

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