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Wyrm (2019)

Wyrm poster
Directed by
Christopher Winterbauer
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
15
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 30 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a dystopian school, an awkward teenager must get his first kiss to remove an electronic collar. He navigates the social pressures of adolescence in a strange and darkly humorous world.

quirkyawkwardsurrealdarkly comicteenage angstuncomfortablewhimsicaloffbeat

What happens

Wyrm is a 2019 American surrealist dark comedy science fiction film written and directed by Christopher Winterbauer in his feature-length directorial debut. It is based on Winterbauer's short film of the same name and stars Theo Taplitz as the titular Wyrm, an awkward teenager who attends a dystopian school where students wear electronic collars that can only be detached once they have experienced their first kiss. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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