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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
Dramaschool frienddepressionhigh schoolfriendshipbased on novel or booktraumamelancholycoming of agefreshmanschoolteenage boyhigh school student
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Logan LermanCharlie
- Emma WatsonSam
- Ezra MillerPatrick
- Mae WhitmanMary Elizabeth
- Kate WalshMother
- Dylan McDermottFather
- Melanie LynskeyAunt Helen
- Nina DobrevCandace
- Johnny SimmonsBrad
- Joan CusackDr. Burton
Crew
- Stephen ChboskyDirector
- Stephen ChboskyScreenplay
- Andrew DunnDirector of Photography
- Michael BrookOriginal Music Composer
- Mary Jo MarkeyEditor
- John MalkovichProducer
- Lianne HalfonProducer
- Russell SmithProducer
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