2013 · drama · social
Bad Hair
Directed by Mariana Rondón1h 33m2013
A nine-year-old boy’s preening obsession with straightening his hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working mother, in this tender but clear-eyed coming-of-age tale.
Our read: Bad Hair (2013) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · social entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / social, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
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