2018 · crime · drama
Boys Cry
Directed by Damiano D'Innocenzo, Fabio D'Innocenzo1h 35m2018
Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. Then, after killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically.
Our read: Boys Cry (2018) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded crime · drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured crime / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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