Ellis French is a young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. But even as he battles deep-seated prejudice and the grueling routines of basic training, he finds unexpected camaraderie, strength, and support in this new community, giving him a hard-earned sense of belonging that will shape his identity and forever change his life.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Feb 20237/10
"French" (Jeremy Pope) is an itinerant gay man who, estranged from his prison office mother "Inez" (Gabrielle Union), has concluded that the only way to stop himself becoming subsumed into an underworld of drugs, disease and most likely death, is to join the US Marines. Having failed at just about everything else, his mother is somewhat sceptical, but to bootcamp he goes where he encounters the stereotypically brutish gunnery sergeant-major "Laws" (Bokeem Woodbine). It's all based on a true story directed and adapted from his own story by Elegance Bratton, so jeopardy here there isn't. That said, Pope and Woodbine are both on good form as the former runs the gamut of a tough training regime coupled with a prejudice against his sexuality that proves distinctly dangerous. His trainer offers him nothing by way of support or sympathy, intent on instilling the most primitive of "survival of the fittest" mentalities amongst all of his recruits. It is a little procedural, but it's still an interesting tale from a man who resisted the temptations to jack it all in - and sends a clear message of perseverance and determination that does resonate to a certain, predictable, extent. Essentially
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Cast
- Jeremy PopeEllis French
- Gabrielle UnionInez French
- Bokeem WoodbineLaws
- Raúl CastilloRosales
- McCaul LombardiHarvey
- Nicholas LoganBrooks
- Eman EsfandiIsmail
- Aaron DominguezCastro
- Aubrey JosephBoles
- Andrew KaiLabel
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- Elegance BrattonDirector
- Elegance BrattonWriter
- Lachlan MilneDirector of Photography
- Avey TareOriginal Music Composer
- Panda BearOriginal Music Composer
- GeologistOriginal Music Composer
- Oriana SodduEditor
- Effie BrownProducer
- Chester Algernal GordonProducer
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