As You Are
[A] subtle but passionate essay on teenage identity and desire.
-- Jonathan Romney, Screen International
As You Are
Set in the early 1990s, As You Are is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of disparate memories prompted by a police investigation.
Directors statement: “I love movies, but I've always struggled with the "coming of age" genre. I think there is something inherently condescending about it. Obviously this doesn't span across the whole genre; but I think a lot of times when these stories are told by "adults," there can be this sort of romanticization of youth which misses the things I think are so important about that age, namely the intensity and stakes that every action carries. There isn't nostalgia in youth, it is immediate and hard. That was really why I wanted to tell this story now, I wanted to make this kind of film while I was still young enough to not miss it." ~ Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Directors statement: “I love movies, but I've always struggled with the "coming of age" genre. I think there is something inherently condescending about it. Obviously this doesn't span across the whole genre; but I think a lot of times when these stories are told by "adults," there can be this sort of romanticization of youth which misses the things I think are so important about that age, namely the intensity and stakes that every action carries. There isn't nostalgia in youth, it is immediate and hard. That was really why I wanted to tell this story now, I wanted to make this kind of film while I was still young enough to not miss it." ~ Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Genre
Drama,
Mystery
Runtime
106
Language
English
Director
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
Writer(s)
Miles Joris-Peyrafitte,
Madison Harrison
Cast
Charlie Heaton,
Amandla Stenberg,
Mary Stuart Masterson,
Scott Cohen
Awards:
Winner, U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize, Sundance Film Festival
Nominee, Grand Jury Prize ~ Dramatic, Sundance Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Geoff Berkshire, Variety
A promising and impressively self-assured debut for 23-year-old filmmaker Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, “As You Are” is crafted with the confidence and skill of a veteran, but also the youthful eye of someone not far removed from his protagonists. His sensitively wrought teen-angst drama has a timeless ...
Played at
NoHo 7 3.03.17 - 3.09.17
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