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House of Boys (2009)
Directed by Jean-Claude Schlim
Overview
It is 1984. Frank is a determined English teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative gay lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the “House of Boys”, a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict Madame who has an eye for what his punters crave. Frank works his way up from barman to on-stage dancer and falls in love with some of his housemates, Jake. The first intimations of what is described as ‘the gay cancer’, casts a long shadow over Frank’s tight-knit group of friends. Yet despite the troubles that cloud the hopes and dreams of young Frank, his perseverance, along with support from a willing doctor, will carry him through.
Length 120 minutes
Actors
Layke Anderson | Benn Northover | Udo Kier | Stephen Fry | Steven Webb | Chris McHallem | Vicky Krieps | Harry Ferrier | Michael Kühl | Gintare Parulyte | Sascha Ley | Natalie Slevin | Emma Griffiths Malin | Elias McConnell | Paul Rockenbrod | Eleanor David | Luke Wilkins | William Cohn | Tom Leick