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Crossbow (2007)

Crossbow poster
Directed by
David Michôd
Genre
drama film, coming-of-age film
Country
Australia
Runtime
14 min
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A teenage boy struggles with his father's expectations and his own desires. He finds himself drawn to a dangerous game with a crossbow.

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What happens

Crossbow is a 2007 Australian Short coming-of-age drama film written and directed by David Michôd. The film features Cy Standen, Joel Edgerton, Lisa Chappell and Mirrah Foulkes and had its world premiere in competition at the Venice Film Festival on 9 March 2007. After that, the film competed at a number of film festivals and earned good reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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