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Genre | Drama |
Format | Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Rob Campbell, Kimberly Peirce, Jeannetta Arnette, Chlo Sevigny, Alison Folland, Cheyenne Rushing, Matt McGrath, Peter Sarsgaard, Hilary Swank, Brendan Sexton III, Alicia Goranson, Robert Prentiss, Josh Ridgway, Andy Bienen See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 1 hour and 56 minutes |
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The true story of a girl who was killed for impersonating a boy in high school.
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When Brandon Teena, a young man with an infectious, aw-shucks grin and an angelic face that's all angles, wanders into Falls City, Nebraska, he takes to the town like it's a second skin. In little time he's fallen in with a gang of goofy if temperamental redneck boys, found himself a girlfriend, and befriended enough people to form something of a small family. In fact, it's the best time Brandon's ever had. However, there are shadows looming over Brandon's life: a court date for grand theft auto, a checkered criminal record, and a seemingly innocuous speeding ticket that could prove to be his undoing. Why? Because as it turns out, Brandon Teena is actually Teena Brandon, a woman masquerading as a man.
This fascinating story was based on real-life events (as documented in The Brandon Teena Story) that occurred in 1993 and ended in tragedy: Brandon's rape and murder by two of his supposed friends. Despite this horrible outcome, however, in the hands of director Kimberly Peirce (who cowrote the unfettered screenplay with Andy Bienen), Brandon's story becomes not oppressive or preachy, but rather oddly and touchingly transcendent, anchored by Hilary Swank's phenomenal, unsentimental performance. Swank inhabits Brandon's contradictions and passions with a natural vitality most actresses would refuse to give themselves over to. Brandon's deception is doomed from the start, but Swank's enthusiasm is infectious, and when Brandon starts romancing the sloe-eyed Lana (a pitch-perfect Chloë Sevigny), he finds a soul mate who wants to transcend boundaries and fated identities as much as he does. The last part of the film, when Brandon's true identity is discovered, is truly painful to watch, but in between the agony there are touching moments of sweetness between Brandon and Lana, who wrestles with the truth of who Brandon actually is. You'll come away from Boys Don't Cry with affection and respect for Brandon, not pity. --Mark Englehart
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : R (Restricted)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Director : Kimberly Peirce
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 56 minutes
- Release date : April 18, 2000
- Actors : Hilary Swank, Chlo Sevigny, Peter Sarsgaard, Brendan Sexton III, Alicia Goranson
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Studio : Fox Searchlight Pictures
- ASIN : B00003CWN3
- Writers : Andy Bienen, Kimberly Peirce
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #30,760 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #5,307 in Drama DVDs
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Reviewed in India on October 18, 2019
Ce film inspiré d'une histoire véridique (encore en cours puisque le personnage masculin principal attend son injection dans le couloir de la mort du Nebraska) m'a totalement bouleversé, à un point où je ne sais ce qu'il faut exprimer de plus important et où je crains que les mots ne réduisent les émotions ressenties.
Je me limiterai simplement à une scène : l'examen quasi silencieux par un médecin de Teena-Bill violé(e) (Hilary Swank débutait après des cachetons dans Buffy !!), peu de mots : des murmures, un corps martyrisé, grisâtre, un regard perdu vers un univers de non vie. Ce plan sans mouvement ou presque me hantera longtemps.
Chloë Sevigny (Lana) porte son personnage de grande adolescente boudeuse vers la maturité tragique de l'adulte en se découvrant une tendresse ou un amour ambigu envers son étrange "ami(e)". Car à l'évidence, elle a compris très tôt un mystère dans le corps de bill. Mais elle ne sait comment l'interpréter voire ne veut pas comprendre pour retenir celui(celle) qui lui apporte enfin un peu de lumière entre son bled noir et sa mère monstrueuse. "Tu es si mignon", on pourrait ajouter "qu'importe ce que tu es vraiment".
Respect inné de l'autre, tout simplement, et prouesse d'actrice réputée extravagante.
En ajouter ne serait que du baratin de ma part.
Vive le cinéma indépendant (Hollywood avait refusé le scénario).