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Sundance Film Festival : Burn / Exclusive Interview with Writer/Director Makoto Nagahisa

Burn : When runaway teen Ju-Ju is embraced by a tribe of misfit youths in Kabukicho, she finds belonging for the first time — until betrayal and despair twist her haven into a prison, and she’s left with one way to take back control. An extreme juxtaposition of formal radiance and narrative dread, Makoto Nagahisa’s…

Nobuhiro Hosoki
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Sundance Review: Burn is a Visceral Exploration Into Youth Culture

The reckless freedom and quiet desperation that drive the lives of struggling young adults often seem captivating to them. But the dire consequences that arise when those elements collide drive the new visceral coming-of-age film, Burn. Teen characters who are adrift on the margins of society, where belonging is fleeting and survival demands reinvention, give…

Karen Benardello
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