We the Animals (2018) on Netflix
Jonah, the youngest, grows up with Manny and Joel in a mixed-race, working-class family in upstate New York. His father Paps is volatile; his mother Ma dreams of escape.
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- Rotten Tomatoes92%
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Plot summary
In a mixed-race, working-class household in upstate New York, Jonah is the youngest of three brothers. Their father, Paps, is volatile, and their mother, Ma, dreams of escape. Manny and Joel begin to take after their father, while Jonah retreats into an imagined world that is his alone. Jonah also contends with his emerging homosexuality. It was shot largely at a child's eye level and includes colored pencil animated sequences.
Cast
- Giovanni Pacciarellias Dustin
- Moe Isaacas Dustin's Grandpa
- Mickey Anthonyas Clerk
- Josiah Gabrielas Joel
- Tom Malleyas Old Man
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about We the Animals (2018)
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- The actors cast as the three brothers and their parents all lived together during production, so that they would feel like a real family on screen.
- We the Animals was shot on grainy 16mm film and uses colored pencil animated sequences; cinematographer Zak Mulligan said much of it was filmed at a child's eye height to create a feeling of intimacy.
- Director Jeremiah Zagar kept the novel's author, Justin Torres, involved at every stage: Torres was on the set, read every draft of the script and was even in the editing room.
