Smoke Signals (1998)

Directed by

Chris Eyre

Genre

buddy film, comedy drama, coming-of-age film

Country

United States, Canada

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 116 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two young Native American men leave their reservation for a road trip to Phoenix to retrieve the ashes of one of their fathers. The journey forces them to confront old resentments and the stories that shaped their lives.

bittersweetwrycontemplativeearthyunderstatedhealingquietly funny

What happens

Smoke Signals is a 1998 coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Chris Eyre from a screenplay by Sherman Alexie, based on Alexie's short story collection The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (1993). The film won several awards and accolades, and was well received at numerous film festivals. In 2018, the film was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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