Forbidden Desire
A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to "The Crucible".
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Spare, contemporary, grave and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
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“Is Quinn Shephard the best thing in Blame?”
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Nov 20248/10
**_Great drama about six students and a teacher at a high school in Anytown, USA_** A girl returns to her school at the start of the new school year after several weeks at a mental health facility (Quinn Shephard). While some of the kids persecute her, the new drama teacher perceives her maturity and offers support (Chris Messina), which stirs up the ire of the cheerleader from hell (Nadia Alexander). “Blame” (2017) was helmed by the actress who plays the protagonist, Shephard, when she was only 20 years-old (shot in July, 2015, in 19 days). While a few armchair critics have derided it as ‘a Lifetime movie with edge,’ it has the artistry and dramatic pull to place it with the top flicks of the genre, such as "Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” "Footloose,” "Clueless,” "The Virgin Suicides" and "The Rage: Carrie 2," even the micro-budget “Love Everlasting” (2016). While some of those feature light comedy and even horror, they’re all great dramas covering the high school experience in all its glories and shames. This one includes bullies, a supportive teacher, absent or abusive parents, a hateful rival, teen sex, questionable actions by those in authority, refusing to participate with bu
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Cast
- Quinn ShephardAbigail
- Nadia AlexanderMelissa
- Trieste Kelly DunnJennifer
- Marcia DeBonisMs. Cohen
- Tessa AlbertsonEllie
- Sarah MezzanotteSophie
- Owen CampbellTJ
- Luke SlatteryEric
- Tate DonovanRobert
- Chris MessinaJeremy Woods
Crew
- Quinn ShephardDirector
- Quinn ShephardWriter
- Aaron KovalchikDirector of Photography
- Pierre-Philippe CôtéOriginal Music Composer
- Quinn ShephardEditor
- Laurie ShephardProducer
- Quinn ShephardProducer
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