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Best from age 13- 100 Reviewers · 1 · 51%
- 69 Audience · 273 · 49%
Ce drame indépendant explore la relation complexe entre une femme noire à la peau claire et un homme blanc à New York. Leur idylle est mise à l'épreuve lorsque l'héritage racial de Lelia est révélé, suscitant des discussions sur l'identité et les perceptions sociétales.
- Violence & peril
- 1/10
- Language
- 3/10
- Drinking, drugs & smoking
- 4/10
- Romance & sensuality
- 3/10
- Scary moments
- 0/10
Heads up
- Discussions sur les préjugés raciaux
- Les personnages fument et boivent fréquemment
What it models well
- Empathie et compréhension
- Exploration de l'identité
- Remise en question des préjugés
Talk about it after
- L'identité raciale et le fait de "passer pour" (passing)
- Les attentes et jugements de la société
- Les relations interraciales dans les années 1950
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Top billed cast
Director: John Cassavetes • Crew: John Cassavetes
Trailers & clips
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Reviewer notes
RecommendedTrusted family reviewersOn paper, this jazz-fuelled, experimental looking, observation of racial tensions within a small group of friends made for an interesting concept. The execution though, well I found that really quite messy. There's three siblings. "Benny" (Ben Carruthers); "Hugh" (Hugh Lord) and "Leila" (Leila Goldoni) with the sister having a far fairer skin tone than her brothers.…
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Details
- TMDB audience
- 6.9/10 (273)
- Age rating
- PG
- Status
- Released
- IMDb
- tt0053270
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