# Sombras (1960)

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**Original title**: *Shadows*
**Runtime**: 87 min
**Genres**: Drama
**Directed by**: John Cassavetes
**Written by**: John Cassavetes
**Starring**: Ben Carruthers, Lelia Goldoni, Hugh Hurd, Anthony Ray, Dennis Sallas, Tom Reese

> *A film not to be missed.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Cassavetes’ *Shadows* meets *Pulp Fiction* in 1960 New York. A biracial woman’s romance teeters when her white boyfriend learns her family’s secret. Actors carry Cassavetes’ raw breakthrough like raw film.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, outsider, raw

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