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A Boy Like That

2021 · 87 min

An uneasy, quietly uncomfortable character study that lingers on longing and delusion, making you squirm as much as it invites sympathy.

Overview
Harold, a middle-aged Mexican theatre acting coach, travels to New York and finds himself obsessing over a precocious teenage boy named Felix, who he believes is the reincarnation of his first childhood love.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • obsession
  • identity
  • memory
  • love
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Daniel Armando
Written by
Daniel Armando
Starring
Jaime Zevallos, Adrienne Acevedo Lovette, Linda Manning, Juvian Marquez, Stephanie Chloé, Andres Nicolas Chaves, Lawrence Stallings, Daniel Colón
Cinematography
Ryan Andrew Balas
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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