Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk (2017)

Directed by

Eric Stoltz

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

15

Rating

4.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

In 1980s California, a teenage Jehovah's Witness struggles with his faith and his lack of sexual experiences. The film contrasts his religious community with the secular world through embedded interviews.

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What happens

Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk is a 2017 film directed by Eric Stoltz, produced by Kenny Hughes and written by Tony DuShane, with the screenplay based on his own novel. Set in the mid-1980s in California, it is about a young Jehovah's Witness and his doubts and sexual experiences, or lack thereof, over the course of about a year. Scenes within the Jehovah's Witnesses community and families are contrasted to "worldly" settings, often symbolized by presence of globes. Short interviews, appearing to be interviews with real Jehovah's Witnesses, are interspersed in. One interviewee was played by David Hedison (1927–2019), in his final film role. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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