Sentences with phrase «of young protagonist»

In the role of young protagonist is Nicholas Bolton, a 27 - year old investor who made A$ 4.5 M ($ 4M) almost bringing down BrisConnections, the developer of a A$ 4.8 B ($ 4.3 B) Australian toll road.

As in her previous «prairie romances,» Janette Oke highlights the timidity as well as the growing perseverance of a young protagonist making her way in the rough world.

Wild initially seems to be of the same ilk as Into the Wild or 127 Hours, following the doomed outing of a young protagonist venturing alone deep into nature's unforgiving maw.

«Blue Is the Warmest Color» Yes, the sex scenes are explicit, but they are both necessary to the love story and tangential to the film's main ambition, which is to illuminate the life of its young protagonist, played by Adèle Exarchopoulos, in full.

One half is colored by the burnished, bronzed glow of»70s American childhood; the other, without dialogue and shot in black - and - white, evokes its era's cinema as well as the silent world of its young protagonist.

Burton's use of stop - motion captures the imagination of its young protagonist, but the film's never cartoonish.

Raw eventually gets down to some serious bloodletting, but not before touring all of its young protagonist's triumphs and humiliations.

On top of all that, it doesn't wear out its welcome either, gliding in and out of its young protagonist's life in a compact 72 minutes, not unlike a brief, exhilarating performance.

The book wastes no time in setting up the cosmology of its fictional universe: the stakes of our young protagonist Nita's first forays into wizardry involve a battle between Life and Entropy.

Along with Don Carson, Keller established The Gospel Coalition in an attempt to draw together the various networks that the resurgence of reformed theology had created, and offer a voice of experience to some of its younger protagonists.

While aging has been discussed on TV before, it's often through the eyes of a younger protagonist spending time with an elderly guest star (like Lynn Cohen on Master Of None or June Squibb on Girls).

Ergüven's Mustang slyly commented on Turkey's slide into patriarchal authoritarianism while celebrating the vibrant feminine energy of its young protagonists that just may offer a way out.

Brilliantly observant, Ghost World captures the unthinking cruelty and insecurity of teenagers, but what is most impressive (and distinguishes it from the mocking approach of much of Clowes» work) is its sympathy, evident not only in deep understanding of the young protagonists but also in affinity for the supporting characters — even the parents, when they are glimpsed, are sympathetically depicted.

The soft palette and subtle touches in the distinctive watercolors perfectly capture the heroic actions of the young protagonists and convey the universal feelings of longing and belonging.

Not exact matches

In a pivotal scene in Underworld (1997), a Jesuit priest sits down with the protagonist, Nick Shay, when he is a young man and asks him to name all the parts of a shoe — the cuff, the counter, the welt, the vamp, the aglet, the grommet.

In Chapter 11 of William P. Young's «The Shack,» the story's protagonist, Mackenzie, encounters a mysterious female figure who represents Wisdom, (no doubt inspired by Solomon's personification of the virtue in the book of Proverbs.)

When Young's protagonist, Mackenzie, encounters God in the shack, he experiences God as both male and female in the form of the Trinity.

In Chapter 12 of William P. Young's The Shack, Jesus talks with the book's protagonist, Mackenzie, about the inadequacy of institutions in bringing people closer to God.

And the loveliest of characters is the bold and disarmingly beautiful Betka, for whom our young protagonist falls.

Her sign reminded me of the quirky movie, Juno, in which the protagonist, a young teenager, decides not to abort her child after hearing that it has fingernails.

Her sign reminded me of the quirky movie, Juno, in which the protagonist, a young teenager, decides not to....

Similarly, «playing God» pairs with the young gay protagonist of the video sitting in a pew with his mother, the same mother who harasses him until he shuts the door in her face at «paraphrase a book written thirty - five - hundred years ago,» and who aggressively makes the sign of the cross (to the lyric «preach hate») before storming out («holy water... poisoned») when her son brings his soon - to - be spouse home for dinner.

The story is told without text, making it ideal for pre-reading children, and was a trailblazer for its depiction of a young African - American child as the protagonist.

In particular, they and the young people involved noted the lack of disabled characters as protagonists in video games, compared to other media such as television and film.

The earliest examples of women wearing over-the-knee boots come from the traditional principal boy role in pantomime theater, in which the young male protagonist of the play is played by a young actress in boys» clothes.

More than that, despite the surplus of violence in the pilot film, it is refreshing to see a television drama about young people in which the protagonists are doing something besides drugs, in which their concerns run deeper than clothes and dates... It could get terrific.

Considering the age of the child protagonist and his appeal to young viewers, it's too bad film editors couldn't have punched out of few of the profanities in favor of a more family friendly bout.

We may be processing them in much the same fragmented but intensified fashion as our young protagonist, Alias (electric newcomer Hamisi Bazili), as he watches the nighttime murder of his father (Tito D. Ntanga) at the machete - wielding hands of local muti harvesters.

Still, this adaptation differs significantly from the book, but the only similarities that audiences will even care about are the big ones contained within the title; that is, Popper and his penguins are indeed front and center, and the protagonist learns the value of family while also amusing very young kiddies in the process.

While there are some clear narrative similarities - the protagonists are all three young men, who undertake some form of manual labour to get by and feed their respective vices - there is a big difference in emphasis.

Stunning visuals and a bravura performance from newcomer Suraj Sharma as the young protagonist make Life of Pi a quest destined to impress.

Like «American Honey» (2016), from another key British filmmaker, Andrea Arnold, «Lean on Pete» uses its young protagonist as a kind of search engine, looking for answers to his own fate and to the inequities at the heart of our nation.

And as the young, vibrant nanny works tirelessly to shake Marlo out of her postpartum depression, Reitman begins to introduce magical - realist elements into the film — a nighttime excursion into the city, an amusing yet uncomfortable threesome — that ably put us in his deliriously exhausted, wish - fulfilling protagonist's mindset.

The characters are an entertaining group of misfits, of particular note is central protagonist and narrator Renton (Ewan McGregor), a young man with aspirations of stability, and of happiness in his life, but who is utterly unable to survive without «one more hit», the violent and psychotic Begbie (Robert Carlyle), who refuses to take heroin but makes up for not doing drugs by «doing people» instead, and the childlike Spud (Ewan Bremner), the innocent fool of the group, and the most vulnerable to peer pressure.

The story is set in the drug subculture of the 1970's, and it's protagonist — a young man in his twenties — careens through his days getting stoned, stealing, or scamming a quick buck.

Putting aside the songs, which are unremarkable, Coco has most of the requisites that make animated movies popular: the (young) protagonist is likeable, the animal sidekick has cute antics, the villain is suitably nasty, and there's heart & soul to the proceedings.

Moll (Jessie Buckley), the protagonist of Beast, was once a young rebel, and it appears that she never grew out of that phase.

Most importantly, perhaps, young protagonists struggle with the exuberance and humiliation of first love.

Later that year, Macdonald appeared in Mike Figgis» The Loss of Sexual Innocence, playing the young girlfriend of the film's protagonist; and in Gregg Araki's Splendor, a romantic comedy in which she played the blue - haired best friend of the film's heroine.After a slew of similar supporting roles, including a memorable turn as the daughter of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Colin Firth in My Life So Far, MacDonald was given possibly her biggest break since Trainspotting when Robert Altman cast her as a lead (albeit one of many) in Gosford Park (2001).

Thanks to a young - adult cast that's rarely off - key (except intentionally, in the case of the amusing Liebling), as well as strong direction from Mohan and Ry Russo - Young (Nobody Walks), the series strikes a lively, lighthearted tone, even as it sensitively plumbs its protagonists» longing, loneliness, and desire for acceptance and companionyoung - adult cast that's rarely off - key (except intentionally, in the case of the amusing Liebling), as well as strong direction from Mohan and Ry Russo - Young (Nobody Walks), the series strikes a lively, lighthearted tone, even as it sensitively plumbs its protagonists» longing, loneliness, and desire for acceptance and companionYoung (Nobody Walks), the series strikes a lively, lighthearted tone, even as it sensitively plumbs its protagonists» longing, loneliness, and desire for acceptance and companionship.

Such glib, blithe quips are the motor oil of the teen comedy, but in her first outing as a solo writer and director, Gerwig is as sensitive to place and the fragility of young and old bodies as she is to her protagonist's often hurtful words.

After years of playing Nazis and superhero villains, Daniel Brühl has finally landed a role that every young male protagonist can aspire to: the gifted criminal profiler.

Young women, in particular, are profoundly influenced by films that follow girl protagonists whose stories transport them to new cultures, environments and character circumstances outside of their personal experiences within their familiar realm.

«The Boy Who Would Be Pan» (6:07) focuses on the film's young protagonist and on the actor who plays him, with co-stars all speaking highly of him.

Building on research she originally published in The Velvet Light Trap (3), Perkins demonstrates the striking similarity between the young rich protagonists of Whit Stillman's Metropolitan (1990), Barcelona (1994) and The Last Days of Disco (1998).

For much of this movie, the three young protagonists of the saga — Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson)-- exist in suspended animation, camped out on a series of picturesque British heaths as they flee the Death Eaters, minions of Harry's archrival Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes).

A darkly comic indictment of Britain's upper class, Patrick Melrose, which also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Blythe Danner, follows its protagonist from age five, when he is abused by his father (played by Hugo Weaving) in a country house in Provence, through his young adulthood, when he becomes a heroin addict in New York and London, to his recovery from drugs and transition to fatherhood.

Braff does a solid job as the main protagonist, although it's easy to imagine a better actor doing more with the part, while Mandy Patinkin and Joey King (who's steadily proving herself to be one of the best young talents in the business) both deliver great supporting work as Aidan's judgmental, orthodox father and ultra-religious daughter, respectively.

«Drinking Buddies,» Joe Swanberg's deceivingly jolly, sharply alert romantic comedy, doesn't just pay homage to those confusing unspoken feelings, but engages in that very opaqueness itself, plunging viewers into the same kind of what's - really - going - on - here questions that its young, attractive protagonists are facing.

The protagonist, Brady Blackburn (Brady Jandreau), is an ill - looking young man gulping down a fistful of pills and picking at the bandage on his head.