
Winter Boy
Taste attributes: dramateengay/lesbianslowheavyrealisticsimplelineargrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationship
Boxlist takeA grounded, stirring drama: intimate and serious. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.7 /10
TMDB · 25 votes
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What lines up
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
Lucas is a 17-year-old gay teenager coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. He views his life as a wild animal in need of taming. Between a brother settled in Paris and a mother with whom he now lives alone, Lucas will have to fight to rediscover hope and love.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2022
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Les Films Pelléas
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











