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Sugar

2008 · 114 min

A quiet, observant journey of hope and dislocation, where the weight of a dream is felt in small, everyday moments.

Tagline
For Miguel "Sugar" Santos, his curveball was his ticket out.
Overview
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • ambition
  • immigration
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • small town
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Written by
Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck
Starring
Algenis Perez Soto, Jose Rijo, Walki Cuevas, Santo Silvestre, Emmanuel Nanita Carvajal, Cesar Emilio Minaya C., Joendy Pena Brown, Kelvin Leonardo Garcia
Music
Michael Brook
Cinematography
Andrij Parekh
Runtime
114 min
Country
Dominican Republic, United States of America
Languages
Spanish, Italian, English

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