2011 · drama · romance
Pariah (2011)
Directed by Dee Rees1h 26m2011
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Our read: Pariah (2011) (2011) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / romance, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- sombre
- measured
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