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Nowhere
Why this pick
Araki’s most direct companion piece: a neon-saturated, sexually fluid youth ensemble spirals through parties, paranoia, absurdity, and looming apocalypse with the same gleefully unstable energy.
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MOVIE2010 1h 26m USA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Smith is an 18-year-old film student who identifies sexually as "undeclared". He has been having strange dreams. He is going to college with his best friend, Stella, whom he has known since junior high. Smith finds a note saying that he is the "chosen son". He has a roommate, Thor, whom he lusts after, regretting that Thor is straight. Stella goes to a party with Smith, but hooks up with another girl, Lorelei. He recognizes Lorelei as one of the people in his dream. Smith notices a guy, but is distracted when a red-haired girl from his dream vomits on his shoe. The guy vanishes, but Smith gets picked up by London, a British student. They have sex, but to Smith's regret she does not want to be with him except during the sex.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Thomas Dekker
Smith
Juno Temple
London
Haley Bennett
Stella
Roxane Mesquida
Lorelei
Brennan Mejia
Oliver
James Duval
The Messiah
Kelly Lynch
Smith's Mom Nicole
Chris Zylka
Thor