1999 · drama
Julien Donkey-Boy
Directed by Harmony Korine1h 40m1999
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
Our read: Julien Donkey-Boy (1999) reads as a heavy, measured, surreal drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, measured drama, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- surreal
- bleak
- cold
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