The Graduates (2024)
A year after her boyfriend dies from gun violence, a young woman prepares to graduate high school as she navigates an uncertain future alongside a community that is searching for ways to heal.
- Date of release
- 2024-11-01
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Hannah Peterson
Casting
- Mina Sundwall — Genevieve
- Alex R. Hibbert — Ben
- John Cho — John
- Maria Dizzia — Maggie
- Yasmeen Fletcher — Romie
- Kelly O'Sullivan — Vicki
- Stephen Fuller Austin — Father Ruiz
- Oscar Rudecindo — Kendrick
- Ewan Manley — Becker
- Daniel Kim — Tyler
- Abby Villasmil — Choir Girl
- Augustina Jane — Jazell
Interesting facts
The Graduates is a 2023 American drama film written, directed, and edited by Hannah Peterson, in her directorial debut. It stars Mina Sundwall, Alex R. Hibbert, Yasmeen Fletcher, Ewan Manley, John Cho, Maria Dizzia, and Kelly O'Sullivan.
Production
Hannah Peterson was interested in telling a coming-of-age story set in the public school system, when Peterson began speaking to current and former high school students, the same anxiety of safety in schools kept popping up. Peterson chose to keep gun violence off-screen in order to situate the plot on grief. The script was initially written in chapters, but during post-production, the film was re-ordered.
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