Beautiful Beings

Beautiful Beings

Friends. Family. Sacrifice.

2022123 min7.0 / 10

A dark coming-of-age drama about trauma, violence, and redemption, anchored by intimate bonds between a troubled boy, his unconventional mother, and a bullied peer he protects.

A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group’s troubles escalate toward life-threatening situations, an inner voice awakens in the boy and, with the help of his mother and his new friend, he manages to find his own path.

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