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A prominent lesbian couple adopts a child who gets diagnosed with a genetic predisposition for violence, and they must contend with their hard-lined stance on acceptance while attempting to raise the perfect family in the spotlight.
Rain Beau's End
2020 Directed by Tracy Wren
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Janelle Snow Amanda Powell Ed Asner Sean Young Melanie Kannokada Christian Stolte Kirk E. Kelleykahn Steve Bayorgeon Cindy Chang Halena Kays Janet Ulrich Brooks Al'Jaleel McGhee Brian Plocharczyk Andrea Salloum Emma Terrazas Christopher Prchal Emer Gomez Seasles Boelter Armando Reyes Marc Rita Louise Ahrendt Korree Kiszkan Mike Arens Leonardo De Rosa Ryan Leshock
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17 Nov 2020
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One of the principal rules of filmmaking is to show, don’t tell. Far too often in ‘Rain Beau’s End’ is seemingly critical information about characters and the plot just casually thrown out in conversation without actually visually showing it. In this way, it becomes a great stretch to believe any of the challenges the characters face, or even that the characters could exist at all, given the film lacks the creativity to show the issues to us.
A case could be made that not all information needs to be physically seen; that having events and actions take place off-screen can create a lived-in environment. However, there are far too many examples where the writing spells out information so obviously, it…
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J’ai décidé de profiter de cette pandémie interminable pour donner plus de place dans Cult aux petits films en VOD qui existent dans un écosystème en dehors des salles, des plateformes de streaming et des festivals parce que... ben, j’ai le temps, I guess. C’est comme ça que je me suis ramassé à regarder ce tout petit film LGBTQIA+ qui feele toutefois vaguement chrétien dans ses qualités plastiques.
Vu que personne ne risque d’avoir vu ce film, un petit résumé. C’est l’histoire d’un couple de lesbiennes — une végane activiste propriétaire de café et une avocate capitaliste qui veut devenir mairesse — qui adopte un kid qu’ils appellent Rain Beau qui s’avère avoir le syndrome XYY, qui favorise la violence…
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Rain Beau’s End is without doubt an unconventional LGBT drama with its heart in the right place. It isn’t always successful in the messages its trying to convey and makes a decision to never show the couple’s child onscreen. This can sometimes make it difficult to form emotional connection to the character of Beau. The lesbian couple instead bears the brunt of the screentime, and the sharp screenplay laser-focuses on their relationship. The small-scale feel adds a level of intimacy that these types of dramas often overlook.
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