**_A poignant and poetic evocation of childhood_** > _We were allowed to be what we were, frightened and vengeful - little animals, clawing at what we needed._ - Justin Torres; _We the Animals_ (2011) A remarkably contained and intimate story featuring only five main cast members and around ten locations, _We the Animals_ is about a young boy awakening to the fact that he's homosexual. Equal parts disassociated lyricism and warts-and-all grittiness, in attempting to untangle the struggles concomitant with his burgeoning queerness, the film looks at issues such as the ever-increasing distance…