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Wild Tigers I Have Known

2006 · 88 min

A dreamy, lonely drift through adolescent longing, soft and sad, with an ache that lingers.

Directed by
Cam Archer
Genres
Drama
Overview
A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 14-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

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Directed by
Cam Archer
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 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
  • identity
  • isolation
  • coming-of-age
  • loneliness
  • sexuality
Places
  • small town
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism6
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Cam Archer
Written by
Cam Archer
Starring
Malcolm Stumpf, Patrick White, Max Paradise, Fairuza Balk, Kim Dickens, Tom Gilroy, Ruth Elliott
Cinematography
Aaron Platt
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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