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Pariah

2011 · 86 min

A tender, quietly powerful coming-of-age story that immerses you in a teenager's struggle for self-acceptance with raw honesty and emotional depth.

Tagline
Who do you become when you can't be yourself?
Overview
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • sexuality
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • school
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
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Dee Rees
Written by
Dee Rees
Starring
Adepero Oduye, Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis, Charles Parnell, Sahra Mellesse, Kim Wayans, Shamika Cotton, Raymond Anthony Thomas
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
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