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Nickel Boys is a 2024 American historical drama film based on the 2019 novel The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead. It was directed by RaMell Ross, who wrote the screenplay with Joslyn Barnes. Starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Jimmie Fails, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, the story follows two African-American boys, Elwood (Herisse) and Turner (Wilson), who are sent to an abusive reform school in 1960s Florida. The film is inspired by the Dozier School for Boys, a now-closed Florida reform school notorious for its abusive treatment of students.
- Director
- RaMell Ross
- Writer
- Joslyn Barnes
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- Release date
- 30 August 2024 · Released
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Country of origin
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Genres
- Drama · Historical Drama
- Also known as
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- Italiano
- I ragazzi della Nickel
- 日本語
- ニッケル・ボーイズ
- 한국어
- 니클의 소년들
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