2003 · drama · social realism
15
Directed by Royston Tan1h 33m2003
Five troubled teens, abandoned by society and family, form a bond in a world of violence, drugs, and self-destruction, facing harsh realities of modern Singapore.
Our read: 15 (2003) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive drama · social realism entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / social realism, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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