PONYBOI | Omeleto Drama
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ต.ค. 2020
- An intersex runaway confronts his past after an encounter with a cowboy.
PONYBOI is used with permission from River Gallo and Sade Clacken Joseph. Learn more at ponyboithefilm.com.
Ponyboi is a runaway, working at a laundromat in New Jersey and selling his body to make a living. Intersex and estranged from his family, he tries his best to find a sense of belonging, tenderness and affection within a lonely, seedy life. Too often, though, he has to tolerate cruelty and callousness to settle for scraps of attention.
One night, though, a mysterious man enters the laundromat. He's the strong and silent type, but also kind and attentive -- and a strange, fairy tale-like encounter with him helps Ponyboi confront his deepest fears and sadness, and realize he's worth more than what he is settling for.
Combining the seediness of the Jersey boardwalk with a core of tender romanticism, writer and lead actor River Gallo's gritty yet enchanting short drama -- directed by Sade Clacken Joseph and River Gallo and executive produced by Stephen Fry, Emma Thompson and Seven Graham -- feels very much like a queer, magical-realist riff on a Bruce Springsteen ballad. It takes the codes and symbolism of a certain strain of nostalgic working-class Americana and spins it into poetic, audacious, and unexpected directions, creating a moving paean to self-love, courage and imagination.
The visual baseline is a certain kind of gritty naturalism, reminiscent of American indie directors like Gus Van Sant or Allison Anders, but it's gently stylized as well, as painful scenes of Ponyboi's life blending into dreamy, melancholy dreamscapes, complete with graceful camerawork and a muted, melancholy palette. In many ways, the craftsmanship in and of itself possesses a striking, subversive androgyny, especially as it takes usually masculine tropes and reframed them within a dreamy fairy tale-like lens.
The form deftly reflects the themes explored in the storytelling, which touches upon little-explored terrain in popular culture. Ponyboi's story is a relatable one about standing for your self-worth, but it can't help but be impacted by growing up intersex in a world governed by rigid norms. The plot lightly touched upon the challenges that a young Ponyboi faced and their connection to his current situation, but the focus emotionally is on his internal journey, which is powerfully portrayed by Gallo themselves in the titular role.
As Ponyboi comes to realize the gap between the limitations of his life and the yearnings of his heart, he must confront the core question of what he himself believes he deserves, having internalized the messages of rejection and dehumanization he's faced all his life. By exploring the fullness of his dreams and opening up to being fully seen, heard and cherished, he is finally able to love and value himself and find a path to healing.
With an extensive and highly acclaimed festival run under its belt, PONYBOI has the distinction of being the first narrative film by and about an intersex individual, which is a historical achievement in and of itself. And while this focus is an integral part of its creative DNA, it's also a finely wrought, beautifully crafted story about finding self-love and self-acceptance.
Through its powerful openheartedness and vulnerability, it's a beautiful, even rhapsodic piece of art that transports viewers into a warm embrace of self-acceptance alongside its main character. We all have deep, broken places within ourselves, and hope and healing can be found with a radical acceptance of who we are and what we truly want -- and the bravery to stand for that, and refuse to settle for anything less. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
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dylan o’brien playing another version of colin oh god
Colin is so fine
lol I can’t wait
@@carrinperkinsis it out yet? Where have you watched it?
@@wavybebes6979 honestly I don’t know I think it been out but I don’t know where to watch this film.
We all want to find love, acceptance, and our place in the universe! I hope to see more from River Gallo and voices from another perspective!
It's a beautiful intersex movie. So heartbreaking and poetic. It's always challenging to take a step from shelters of our dreams to reality
I love how they saved themselves rather than a knight in shinning armor. I can't wait to is how far River Gallo will go. This is a truely beautiful film and we need to have more voices tell their story.
Beautiful that made my day, all of our dreams are real, we just need to give them a moment, give ourselves a moment, to manifest...
Ponyboi you are beautiful and perfect the way you are just always be yourself and true to who you are xxx
Damn it, I wanted her to end up with Bruce. No one deserved to find self worth and love than her.
Bruce wasn't even real was he?
@@gemstar7286 Bruce was her subconscious.
If you really-really believe in your dreams, maybe you won't find your daddy cowboy. but certainly, you'll get a dashing vintage car!
This is a really good short film, thanks for sharing, I hope she finds someone
Of course she will. She'll find herself.
@@alesanchez87 She will find and love herself.
Aww how the bus says 'tras-it' i ghet it 💖
Can we get a playlist for this short film. All the songs are great but I can’t find them on Shazzam and there’s no playlist.
Well done. Great acting.
The music just gets through to me. Wow.
Beautifully done 💞
Glad it was the first movie i watched
ponyboi 🥺😭💖💖💖💖
And that is The Story of How Ponyboy got his hat. Next Young Uns I till Y'all How Sarsaparilla Jill became yours truelly Ol'Joel.
Where can you watch the full movie!?
I didn’t see dylan
Wow good film I under Ponyboi story and her life.
This was really quite wonderfull, it got me all emotional. Magic cowboy was so dreamy, music was a whole vibe, I love it. I'm definitely sharing this around 💜💛💜💛💜💛
Hello...do u have short film of before the bomb??:):)thanks in advance
Does anyone know the song @4:14 - it's so wonderful
I had a dream I was hanging out with Rio from the Good Girls show but I know it will probably never happen in really life.
Hey yo it's murphy
9:34 song???
I need explanation, what the hell just happened?
Why are some movies vanishing from your site?
they've so many it seems they've made channels for different genres, so check those
no creo en dios pero dios bendiga river gallo
don't just leave us here 😭, i want to know the sonnnnng
Yuk😬
Beautiful ❤
idk why Dylan play in this disgusting movie!!!
That’s not what it was about you know how he was a little kid yeah that’s my cousin and now he’s gay too. They messed him up.😭
I didn’t see dylan
Utterly lonely life. Why do you choose that? Don't tell me you're born that way. Plain road to hell if you ask me.
If the video wants to show you that... Then it's a good video.
And excuse me. I found also I did not want to be what I was. There was only one solution : total surrender to Jesus Christ who changes me into what He wants me to be. And I happely agree!
Do you even know what "intersex" means? It's a chromosomal variation that makes the person literally both male and female, and yes, people are born that way. It is NOT a choice.
@@LuckyBadger Thanks. I MADE a choice. I allowed Jesus Christ to make me what He wants me to be. That's pure adventure. I've no clue where it will end or what I will be. And the result will be perfect. Shalom.
@@aliasreco Damn, you let Jesus change your chromosomes? You’re right, that is one wild adventure & I truly wish you the best of luck with however that turns out. I’d say congrats on being the next stage of human evolution, but I wouldn’t want to insult your faith.
@@alliedovahquinn758 Thanks. No need to curse. You might like the adventure too....! It's great and the end result is perfect. Shalom.
Your ignorant She was both born that way by god’s creation