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Julien Donkey-Boy

"A fascinating journey into the mind of an adolescent schizophrenic."

70
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R 1999 · 1h 40m
Drama
Starring Ewen Bremner · Chloë Sevigny · Werner Herzog
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About

Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.

Theatrical
Oct 15, 1999
Box Office
$80K
Budget
$1.3M
Return
0.1x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 20, 2001
Theaters
1
Director
Harmony Korine
Producers
Cary Woods, Scott Macaulay, Robin O'Hara
Studio
391 Productions, Forensic Films, Independent Pictures
Keywords
schizophrenia abusive father dysfunctional family dead mother miscarriage blunt mental illness ice skating brother sister relationship anxious dreary stillbirth dogme 95 distressing sympathetic
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Cast

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E
Ewen Bremner
Julien
C
Chloë Sevigny
Pearl
W
Werner Herzog
Father
E
Evan Neumann
Chris
A
Alvin Law
Card-Playing Neighbor
V
Victor Varnado
Rapper
A
Archie MacGregor
Amnesiac Patient
J
Jeanmarie Evans
Amnesiac Patient
B
Barry Wernick
Doctor

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