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You can watch Beach Rats (2017) for free on Kanopy.

On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour hookup sites for older men.

This Brooklyn coming-of-age story swaps typical teenage rebellion for a quiet, aching search for intimacy through anonymous digital encounters. It captures the suffocating heat of aimless youth and the desperate pull of a life circling the drain.

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