The Sweet East

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sean Price Williams directs. Sean Price Williams behind the camera. Dean Hurley scores. Stephen Gurewitz cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in Arabic, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 3 years ago.
• 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Arabic, English.
• 3Directed by Sean Price Williams, shot by Sean Price Williams. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Original score by Dean Hurley. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 5Editor Stephen Gurewitz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 6Talia Ryder and Earl Cave and Simon Rex carry the top of the cast.
• 7Marketing tagline: "Everything will happen.".
• 8IMDB entry: tt27546190 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Classified under 9 themes, including "high school", "new york city", "neo-nazism", "washington dc, usa".

The technical file

Cinematography

Sean Price Williams

Original score

Dean Hurley

Editing

Stephen Gurewitz

Production design

Madeline Sadowski

Costume design

Holly McClintock

Makeup / hair

Emily Schubert

Sound

Dean Hurley

Stunt coordinator

Patrick M. Walsh

Runtime

104 min · 1h 44m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Box office

$103,000

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

The Sweet East (2023) ↗

Also by

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  2011 · ★ 2.0
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Stills · wallpapers

Selected frames

Full-resolution frames — open one to save it as a wallpaper.

Wallpaper

Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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  Official Trailer

  Trailer · Official
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  Sean Price Williams, Talia Ryder, Simon Rex & More on The Sweet East

  Featurette · Official
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  Clip

  Clip · Official

Community reviews

What people are saying

• Chandler Danier2024-08-23
  ★ 7/10

  Lolita 2: Road Trip Interesting situations and other such things. Looks good.

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Production companies

Who made it

• BA

  Base 12

  US

• MA

  Marathon Street

  US

• TH

  The Sweet East Productions

  US

Key crew

• ProducerAlex Ross Perry
• ProducerCraig Butta
• Casting DirectorSean Price Williams
• Additional CastingEléonore Hendricks
• Second Assistant DirectorChristopher Dagostino
• First Assistant DirectorAlex Coco
• Additional CastingTalia Ryder
• Casting DirectorCraig Butta
• Casting DirectorAlex Coco
• Title DesignerLenny Vigden
• Costume DesignHolly McClintock
• Set DecorationStephen Phelps
• Co-ProducerDaniel April
• Costume DesignJocelyn Pierce
• ProducerAlex Coco
• Production DesignMadeline Sadowski
• EditorStephen Gurewitz
• Sound DesignerDean Hurley
• Additional PhotographyRobert Kolodny
• Executive ProducerJimmy Kaltreider
• Additional PhotographyPeter Buntaine
• Assistant EditorMatt Miller
• Second Second Assistant DirectorDave McVeigh Jr.
• VFX SupervisorKyle Zemborain

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• high school
• new york city
• neo-nazism
• washington dc, usa
• surrealism
• vermont
• picturesque
• independent film
• trenton, new jersey

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2023-10-10· New York Film Festival
• Premiere2023-10-22· Philadelphia Film Festival
• Theatrical (limited)2023-12-01NR
• Theatrical2024-02-09NR
• Digital2024-02-27NR
• Digital2024-05-17NR· Hulu

Also known as

International titles

• Солодкий східUA
• Imeline idarannikEE
• Нежный востокRU