Movie

Julien Donkey-Boy

1999 · 100 min

A raw, unsettling immersion into a fractured mind, blending mundane cruelty with moments of strange tenderness.

Tagline: A fascinating journey into the mind of an adolescent schizophrenic.
Overview: Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
How it feels: Bleak, eerie, melancholic and tense. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Madness, family, grief, isolation
Content: Strong violence and language. Mild gore and sexual content.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 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: madness
family
grief
isolation
trauma
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence strong
Sex mild