Death of a Superhero

Death of a Superhero

When time is precious living can't wait

201197 min6.9 / 10

An intimate, melancholic portrait of a dying adolescent's inner life, where drawing becomes a means of grappling with mortality and imagining invulnerability.

A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.

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