2008 · drama · survival · coming-of-age
Skirt Day
Directed by Jean-Paul Lilienfeld1h 28m2008
A teacher, driven to exasperation from insults and insubordination, takes her class hostage.
Our read: Skirt Day (2008) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · survival · coming-of-age entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / survival, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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