2012 · drama · romance · coming-of-age
Marfa Girl
Directed by Larry Clark1h 45m2012
A disaffected Texas teen spends his 16th birthday getting high, hanging out and having casual sex.
Our read: Marfa Girl (2012) reads as a heavy, slow-burn, grounded drama · romance · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, slow-burn, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- slow-burn
- intense
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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