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Film · 2016

As You Are

Directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte · starring Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton and Amandla Stenberg

  • 1 h 50 min
  • Drama
  • USA

Synopsis

The film is set in the 90s and the events are seen as a construction of disparate memories driven by a police investigation. Jack is a young student who lives with his single mother, Karen, in a nondescript city. The young man is considered a social outcast and a loner because he has no friends, until one day Mark appears, the son of the mother 's new boyfriend, Tom. The two teenagers they soon become good friends, and end up being joined by his school friend Sarah, after a chance encounter at a restaurant. The three find their salvation in this small friendship group, until some their relationships begin to change and hidden secrets come to light, forcing them to reflect on what they are willing to do in to live the lives they have chosen.

The film has been directed by Miles Joris-Peyrafitte ('The Hunter & The Fox') and stars Charlie Heaton ('Stranger Things'), Owen Campbell ('The miseducation of Cameron Post'), Amandla Stenberg ( 'The Hunger Games') and John Scurti ('War of the Worlds') among many others. A story about friendship, love and adolescence through a structure of the most original and that managed to have a great tour of international film festivals around the world, such as Sundance, San Sebastián, Hamburg or Seattle.

The essentials

Runtime
110 min1 hour and 50 minutes
How long is As You Are?
1 hour and 50 minutes (110 minutes).
Who directed As You Are?
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte.
Who is in As You Are?
It stars Owen Campbell, Charlie Heaton, Amandla Stenberg and John Scurti.
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Photos and posters

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Reviews

All 2 reviews

What the critics say average 0.0 from 2 outlets

  • 0.0 CinemaníaAndrea G. Bermejo A modest piece of American indie that begins suggestively but is entangled in itself until forgetting what it is talking about. Read
  • 0.0 VarietyGeoff Berkshire His sensitively wrought teen-angst drama has a timeless quality that makes its early-?90s setting feel simultaneously specific and universal. Read

Soundtrack

All 15 songs
  1. Intro ThemeAcoustic, Electric Guitars, Synthesizer, Keyboard, Wurlitzer Spotify
  2. All The Things You Were By Not - DroneGuitar, Drone, Patrick Higgins, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte Spotify
  3. Boy's Theme - Dark ChoralePiano, Electronics, Patrick Higgins Spotify
  4. Saying Hi To Old FriendsKeyboards, Drum Programming, Taurus, Juno Synth, Patrick Higgins Spotify
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