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makes no bones about how personal his new movie is — "If someone loves the movie, great. If someone says, ‘I hated that movie,’ it means they hate part of me,”. “They have the right to do that, they have the right to say that, but it hurts.” Set in 1980 in Queens, the film follows a young boy names Paul who is very much like Gray, an aspiring artist who bristles against his family's expectations and whose friendship with a Black classmate leads to devastating consequences.
Much more than just a coming-of-age story, it's a stark look at the very specific circumstances of a Jewish family in the 1980s, what they sacrificed to get where they were, and what they are willing to do to keep what they see as a precarious position. With stellar supporting performances from, it's as challenging as any film Gray has made in the past, but with an awards campaign behind it that Focus Features is hoping will help it go far.
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