Directed by Ramell Ross, the film Nickel Boys, on Prime Video, is one of the Oscar candidates for the best film 2025.
Nickel Boys is an American drama directed by Ramell Ross. This adaptation of the novel of the same name of Colson Whitehead, denounces the persecutions suffered by young African-Americans at the Dozier School from 1900 to 2011. If he does not go on French cinema screens, he is available on the Streaming platform Prime Video from February 27, 2025.
Nickel Boys is also a candidate regularly quoted during ceremonies for the American awards. It was mentioned among the 10 best films of 2024 according to the American Film Institute, and was appointed for the Golden Globe for the best dramatic film as well as for the Oscar for best film.
What is the intrigue of Nickel Boys ?
1962, while Jim Crow laws (which imposed racial segregation) rampant in the United States, Elwood Curtis, a young African-American, is wrongly accused of a car flight. He was then sent to the Nickel Academy, a correction house for boys. He became friends with Turner, and together, they will try to survive the abuse and violent methods of the school.
What actors in the casting of Nickel Boys ?
- Ethan Herisse: Elwood Curtis
- Ethan Cole Sharp: Elwood Children
- Daveed Diggs: Elwood Adult
- Brandon Wilson: Turner
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor: Hattie
- Hamish Linklater: Spencer
- Fred Hechinger: Harper
- Jimmie Fails: M. Hill
To see Nickel Boys Streaming?
Nickel Boys is a film distributed by Amazon MGM Studios. It is logically offered exclusively on the Prime Video streaming platform since February 27, 2025 in France, a few months after its American release. To view it, it is therefore necessary to have a subscription to the paying site of Amazon, for 6.99 euros per month (or 69.90 euros per year).