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House of Boys (2009)

117 min · Coming Of Age, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Musical, Romance Film, drama film

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Directors

Jean-Claude Schlim

Cast

Layke Anderson, Benn Northover, Eleanor David, Steven Webb, Udo Kier, Stephen Fry

The story

Gay teenager Frank (Layke Anderson) is part of a typical bourgeois family in Luxembourg in 1984. For unknown reasons, he decides to run away with his best friend, Rita. They settle in Amsterdam, where Frank starts enjoying life.

Catalogue themes and tags

1980s, 1984, AIDS, Amsterdam, Bisexuell, Coming Out, Fight with Parents, Gay, Gay Kiss, Gay Night Club, Gay Scene, HIV-positive, Homoerotic, Homosexuality, Horizontales Gewerbe, Infect, Infection, Liberal, Luxemburg, Male Prostitute, Mann in Frauenkleidern, Morocco, New Wave, Parents Kids Relationship, Pimp scene, Punter, Rave, Red-Light Disctrict, Sex unter Männern, Sexual Identity, Tod des Geliebten, Underage Prostitute, Variety, singen, verlieben, Musical, Drama, Romance Film

Genres

Coming Of Age, Drama, LGBTQ-related film, Musical, Romance Film, drama film
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