Paranoid Park (2007)

85 min · Coming Of Age, Social Drama, drama film, independent film, sport film, thriller film

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Directors

Gus Van Sant

Cast

Gabe Nevins, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller, Daniel Liu, Scott Green, Lauren McKinney, Grace Carter, Jay Williamson, Olivier Garnier, Winfield Henry Jackson, Dillon Hines, Brad Peterson, John Burrouwes, Emma Nevins, Joe Schweitzer

The story

Alex, a 16-year-old skateboarder, rides a freight train clandestinely with a man named Scratch whom he has just met at the Eastside Skatepark, known as "Paranoid Park". While the train is moving a security guard notices the pair, chases after them, and tries to get them off by hitting Scratch with his flashlight. During the melee, Alex hits him with his skateboard and the guard, losing balance, falls onto another track into the path of an oncoming freight train which cuts him in half.

Catalogue themes and tags

Adolescence, Amends, Antisocial, Coming Of Age, Enquiry, Evisceration, Freight Train, Gang of Youths, Halfpipe, High School Komödie, Jugendliche, Parents Kids Relationship, Police, Precocity, Scheidung, Schuld und Sühne, Sea, Security Guard, Sense of Guilt, Shower, Shower Scene, Skateboarder, Skateboarding, Subkultur, Taciturn, Train Accident, Unfälle, Youth Culture, accidental kill, einsam, schreiben, Crime Fiction, Indie, Sports, Mystery, Coming of age, Film adaptation, Drama, Crime Thriller

Genres

Coming Of Age, Social Drama, drama film, independent film, sport film, thriller film

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