Julien Donkey-Boy
6.7
“A fascinating journey into the mind of an adolescent schizophrenic.”
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
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Cast
45 people
Ewen Bremner
Julien
Known for
Trainspotting
Wonder Woman
Chloë Sevigny
Pearl
Known for
The Act
American Psycho
Werner Herzog
Father
Known for
Jack Reacher
The Mandalorian
Evan Neumann
Chris
Known for
The Cobbler
XX/XY
Joyce Korine
Grandmama
No other roles listed
Alvin Law
Card-Playing Neighbor
Also in
The X-Files
Rewrite the Label
Brian Fisk
Pond boy
No other roles listed
Miriram Martinez
Teenage Girl
No other roles listed
Edgar Erikkson
Bearded Man
No other roles listed
James Moix
Dancing Man
No other roles listed
Victor Varnado
Rapper
Known for
End of Days
The Adventures of Pluto Nash
Oliver A. Bueno
Bowler
No other roles listed
Harmony Korine Director · Anthony Dod Mantle Cinematographer Valdís Óskarsdóttir Editor
Worldwide gross $80K · Budget $1.3M · United States release October 15, 1999
Box office
Budget
$1,300,000
Worldwide gross
$80,226
Gross vs. budget
0.1×
Production
391 Productions
Production
Forensic Films
Production
Independent Pictures
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · September 7, 1999
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · October 15, 1999
Limited theatrical
Argentina
April 13, 2000 · Premiere · Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema
September 20, 2001 · Theatrical
Canada
September 15, 1999 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
July 1, 2000 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Finland
September 24, 2001 · Theatrical · Helsinki International Film Festival
France
September 13, 2000 · Theatrical
Japan
December 23, 2000 · Theatrical
Netherlands
September 14, 2000 · Theatrical
Poland
May 11, 2001 · Theatrical
Spain
February 15, 2002 · Theatrical
Sweden
November 13, 1999 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
United Kingdom
April 16, 2001 · Physical
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