Top billed cast

1. 

   Evan Rosado

   Jonah

2. 

   Raúl Castillo

   Paps

3. 

   Sheila Vand

   Ma

4. 

   Josiah Santiago

   Joel

5. 

   Isaiah Kristian

   Manny

6. 

   Giovanni Pacciarelli

   Dustin

7. 

   Moe Isaac

   Dustin’s Grandpa

8. 

   Amelia Campbell

   Woman in Van

9. 

   Mickey Anthony

   Clerk

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Reviews

A review by Stephen Campbell

Written by Stephen Campbell on 2019-09-16

**_A poignant and poetic evocation of childhood_**

> _We were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful - little animals, clawing at what we needed._

- Justin Torres; _We the Animals_ (2011)

A remarkably contained and intimate story featuring only five main cast members and around ten locations, _We the Animals_ is about a young boy awakening to the fact that he's homosexual. Equal parts disassociated lyricism and warts-and-all grittiness, in attempting to untangle the struggles concomitant with his burgeoning queerness, the film looks at issues such as the ever-increasing d...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• sibling relationship
• based on novel or book
• coming of age
• drawing
• new york state
• lgbt
• thoughtful
• child protagonist
• mother son relationship
• brothers