Underplayed Gems

Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)

Julien Donkey-Boy poster
Directed by
Harmony Korine
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 121 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man with untreated schizophrenia lives with his sister, younger brother, and abusive father. The film shows their dysfunctional family dynamics through a very raw and handheld camera style.

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What happens

Julien Donkey-Boy is a 1999 American experimental drama film written and directed by Harmony Korine, and starring Ewen Bremner, Chloƫ Sevigny, and Werner Herzog. The story follows Julien, a man with untreated schizophrenia, and his dysfunctional relationship with his sister, younger brother, and their father. Julien Donkey-Boy was the sixth film to be made under the self-imposed rules of the Dogme 95 manifesto, and the first non-European film to be made under the Dogme 95 "vow of chastity". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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