Rivers Wash Over Me (2009) ⭐ 6.5 | Drama, Romance (original) (raw)
1h 27m
After his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Seq... Read allAfter his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Sequan finds refuge in a friendship with a troubled girl who astutely hones in on his true se... Read allAfter his mother dies, Sequan, a sensitive teenager from Brooklyn, moves in with relatives living in a small town plagued with secrets hidden deep within its lush, rural Alabama terrain. Sequan finds refuge in a friendship with a troubled girl who astutely hones in on his true sexuality and introduces him to her cute brother.
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I stumbled over this movie on Amazon Prime and didn't expect anything special or even good. The low tempo and depressing opening didn't convince me that I would make it to the end. To be honest, I was playing 2048 while watching at first ...
But then. somehow, I forgot the game and sunk deeply into this story about loss, racism, politics which is also an insightful portrait of small town life.
This is not a "feel good movie" - not at all. But it made me feel with the characters deeply and left me impressed.
As I'm neither American nor black or gay I can't judge about the authenticity of the setting or scenery. I can only say that the characters and storyline felt authentic to me.
If you're a seeker of the deeper aspects of human life and humanity you will appreciate this movie. It hurts to watch.
- chewie-albert
- May 6, 2016
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