A story set in the United States in the 2000s, featuring the repression and denial of a conservative people.
The leading streaming platform movies and series remains Netflix. In its catalogue there are all kinds of genres, and Heart Erased is a drama based on the story of Garrard Conley. The scriptwriter and director is Joel Edgerton, who also stars alongside Nicole Kidman and Russell Crowe.
It lasts less than 2 hours and was released in 2019. According to critics, the acting and storytelling are very well done, accompanied by a successful musicalization by Jonny Greenwood and Saunder Jurriaans.
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What is Heart Erased, a Netflix movie, about?
Erased Heart counts the Garrard Conley’s struggles as a teenager to tell his parents he was gayAt that time, just after 2000, “conversion treatment” was legal in many American states, a kind of therapy to correct homosexuality that one was forced to attend.
His father is a Baptist pastor and they live in a small town that is conservative enough to accept homosexuality. The film shows how this program is developed, stigmatizing homosexuality and seeking to cure those who attend as if it were a disease.
Trailer for Heart Erased, a Netflix movie
Cast of Heart Erased, a Netflix movie
- Lucas Hedges (Jared)
- Joel Edgerton (Victor)
- Nicole Kidman (Nancy)
- Russell Crowe (Marshall)
- Xavier Dolan (Jon)
- Troye Sivan (Gary)
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