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This Special Friendship

1964 · 96 min

A restrained, sorrowful coming-of-age drama that unfolds with quiet intensity, leaving a lingering ache.

Tagline: What Was Their Guilt?
Overview: A tale of the tender relationship between a twelve-year-old boy and the fourteen-year-old upperclassman who is the object of his desire, all set within the rigid atmosphere of a Jesuit-run school.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Love, identity, guilt, betrayal
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 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: love
identity
guilt
betrayal
death
Places: school
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild