Hesher (2010)

106 min · Family Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, drama film

Popularity4.5/5

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2025-09 to 2026-08

Directors

Spencer Susser

Cast

Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Devin Brochu, Rainn Wilson, Natalie Portman, Piper Laurie, Audrey Wasilewski, John Carroll Lynch, Monica Staggs, Audrey Wasilewski, Lyle Kanouse, Frank Collison, Van Epperson, Helen Slayton-Hughes, Paul Bates, Ralph P. Martin, Allan Graf, Brian Lally, Rafael J. Noble, Milt Kogan, Barry Sigismondi, Nicolai Dorian, Paul Grace, Biff Yeager

The story

Following the loss of his mother in a car crash, high school freshman T.J. and his father fall into depression. T.J.

Catalogue themes and tags

Arsonist, Bong, Bullying, Burning Car, Car Crash, Cashier, Depression, Feuerteufel, Friendship, Grandmother Grandson Relationship, Headbanging, Heavy Metal, Jungs, Junior Highschool, Kick in the Balls, Loss of Mother, Obsequies, Sarg, Schulmädchen, Scoundrel, Support Group, To Smoke Hash, Trauma, Vandalism, Verkäuferin, Violence in Schools, Widowed, großmutter, sadness, vater-sohn, Family Drama, Drama, Indie, Childhood Drama

Genres

Family Drama, Tragic Comedy Film, drama film

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