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4,476 Ratings

MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY

Directed by Barry Jenkins
United States, 2008
Drama, Romance
  • 8888 minutes

Synopsis

In a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco, a one-night stand between two bohemians, Micah and Jo’, spins off into a woozy daylong affair. Their day is filled with tenderness, friction, and intellectual sparring as they explore their relationships with each other, the city, and their own Blackness.

Synopsis

In a rapidly gentrifying San Francisco, a one-night stand between two bohemians, Micah and Jo’, spins off into a woozy daylong affair. Their day is filled with tenderness, friction, and intellectual sparring as they explore their relationships with each other, the city, and their own Blackness.

Our take

More than a calling card for the Oscar®-winning Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’ feature debut heralded the arrival of a deeply impassioned vision. A yearning portrait of modern Blackness in San Francisco, Medicine for Melancholy is a captivatingly authentic tale of hesitant love and urban malaise.