2018 · drama · sci-fi
Jonathan
Directed by Bill Oliver1h 41m2018
Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
Our read: Jonathan (2018) reads as a sombre, measured, inventive drama · sci-fi entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / sci-fi, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- cold
- intimate
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