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Sonny

2002 · 110 min

A slow, suffocating character study that feels like watching someone drown in slow motion, with a raw and unglamorous atmosphere.

Directed by: Nicolas Cage
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton

Tagline: His life was the morning after, until he decided to change the night before.
Overview: New Orleans, 1981. Sonny Phillips, just discharged from the Army, returns home. The only life he's known is as a gigolo, working for his mother, but he wants to leave that behind. However, the job his Army buddy promised doesn't materialize, and he can't escape his past.

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Directed by: Nicolas Cage
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton

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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
family
identity
trauma
class
Places: big city
home
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex strong

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Action	1
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	5
Darkness	8
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: Nicolas Cage
Written by: John Carlen
Starring: James Franco, Brenda Blethyn, Harry Dean Stanton, Mena Suvari, Nicolas Cage, Scott Caan, Seymour Cassel, Brenda Vaccaro
Music: Clint Mansell
Cinematography: Barry Markowitz
Runtime: 110 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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