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The Boy with Pink Trousers (2024)
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Original name: Il ragazzo dai pantaloni rosa
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On 20 November 2012, 15-year-old Andrea Spezzacatena took his own life. It was the first case in Italy of bullying and cyberbullying that led to a minor's suicide. The triggering incident was his choice to wear a pair of red trousers, a gift from his mother, which turned pink due to a washing mishap.
Style:
sad, dark, educational, tragic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
cyberbullying, teen suicide, suicide, bullying, isolation, shame, loss, mental health, peer pressure, youth, high school life, mother son relationship, grief, family drama, empathy, social media, social commentary, identity crisis, identity, mourning, confrontation, investigation, gay slur, activism, coming of age ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy
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Country: Hungary
Duration: 93 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Ireland
Story:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Story:
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Time:
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Time:
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Country: Canada
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Genre: Drama
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Story:
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