A glamorous, colourful coming-of-age story that follows the dramatic journey of Frank, a high school kid in 1984, through an exciting world of sex and music, where his deep new passion is suddenly turned into a struggle for courage facing a new disease - the "gay cancer" - and becomes deep, true love in the expectancy of his friend's horrible death and beyond.... (Full plot summary below)
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A glamorous, colourful coming-of-age story that follows the dramatic journey of Frank, a high school kid in 1984, through an exciting world of sex and music, where his deep new passion is suddenly turned into a struggle for courage facing a new disease - the "gay cancer" - and becomes deep, true love in the expectancy of his friend's horrible death and beyond.
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| Shadows on the WallRich ClineWhile it feels somewhat dated, as well as melodramatic, the filmmaking is intimate enough to keep us engaged with the characters. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohThe message is everything in this film that one wants to recommend to the young and uneducated in a forgetful age, despite its lack of originality and its dramatic lapses. |
| Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenThe performances have heart, and a sorrowful tenderness courses through the self-described "fairy tale," even at its kitschiest. |
| Village VoiceAndrew SchenkerAnd yet, for all its hanging on the details of the boys' heavily eroticized performances and its graphing of the relationships between the young performers, the film is at once too drawn out and underdeveloped. |
| User ReviewTed NPowerful and gripping story of the early AIDS pandemic in Amsterdam. I rate it higher than others; I appreciated the accuracy of content and genuine emotion. |
| User ReviewVivien TJe viens de pleurer comme une madeleine devant ce film retraçant les années 80 dans la communauté gay. Les bonnes choses, les mauvaises. De nombreux hommages notamment à Cyril Collard et Les Nuits Fauves, des références culturelles en nombre et des acteurs magnifiques et émouvants. |
| User ReviewMichael DMale version of Burlesque with a sweet sad ending. I liked it. |
| User ReviewTimoteo BA child of the 80s, this movie took me back to a time of first love and a promise to myself to die of anything other than AIDS. My favorite line in the movie is Frank looking down at a pocket watch and tells the doctor treating his dying boyfriend "I was just thinking about time. it's funny, when you have it,you don't need it. when you need it you don't have it." |
| User ReviewDarren HA very open view of the lives that still effect the gay community and still is unspoken and feared. A film that is emotional and very real still today. Recommended for all but even more so for the LGBTQ community. |
| User ReviewSebastian KNot your traditional 80s coming-of-age, coming-out, coming-to Amsterdam type of story. After a disjointed 30min intro, this love story with a 'twist' starts to take form once Frank settles into the House. Expect a tearjearker ending, cameo appearances from Stephen Fry (unintentionally hilarious) and Joanna Scanlan (intentionally under-used) and a scene-stealing performance from 'Angelo/Angela'. |
