2009, 113 minCountry: Germany
Cast: Layke Anderson, Benn Northover, Eleanor David, Steven Webb, Luke Wilkins, Udo Kier,Stephen Fry
Director: Jean-Claude Schlim
Screenwriter: Robert David Graham, Jean-Claude Schlim,Christian Thiry
Cast: Layke Anderson, Benn Northover, Eleanor David, Steven Webb, Luke Wilkins, Udo Kier,Stephen Fry
Director: Jean-Claude Schlim
Screenwriter: Robert David Graham, Jean-Claude Schlim,Christian Thiry
Synopsis
A colorful, sweeping - even epic - story of an innocent suburban boy who succumbs to the temptations of Amsterdam and gay life.
Review
The year is 1984 and 18-year-old student, Frank (Layken Anderson), taunted after coming out in his little town, decides to move to Amsterdam. Young and handsome but penniless, he soon finds himself on the doorstep of The House of Boys, a caberet/men’s strip club/brothel where he is accepted into the protective arms of Madame (Udo Kier), the drag-performing owner. Finally within his new family, Frank soon samples what the city has to offer; booze, drugs, and most of all, sex. His bacchanalian ways are soon curtailed when he discovers he may have a new disease - AIDS. But out of calamity comes hope when Frank finally thinks he has fallen in love. Made in English, this European production features a vivid assortment of characters; from the eager call boys to the drag performers to the sleazy customers.
House of Boys is a sweeping coming-of-age tale of sex, innocence lost, illness and love.
A colorful, sweeping - even epic - story of an innocent suburban boy who succumbs to the temptations of Amsterdam and gay life.
Review
The year is 1984 and 18-year-old student, Frank (Layken Anderson), taunted after coming out in his little town, decides to move to Amsterdam. Young and handsome but penniless, he soon finds himself on the doorstep of The House of Boys, a caberet/men’s strip club/brothel where he is accepted into the protective arms of Madame (Udo Kier), the drag-performing owner. Finally within his new family, Frank soon samples what the city has to offer; booze, drugs, and most of all, sex. His bacchanalian ways are soon curtailed when he discovers he may have a new disease - AIDS. But out of calamity comes hope when Frank finally thinks he has fallen in love. Made in English, this European production features a vivid assortment of characters; from the eager call boys to the drag performers to the sleazy customers.
House of Boys is a sweeping coming-of-age tale of sex, innocence lost, illness and love.
