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House of Boys

Country: Luxembourg | Germany, Language: English | French | German | Luxembourgish | Arabic, 113 mins

  • Director: Jean-Claude Schlim
  • Writer: Robert David Graham; Jean-Claude Schlim
  • Producer: Bob Bellion; Pol Cruchten

CGiii Comment

Terrible title. 15 minutes into the film and the credits still appear - annoying mistakes.

Some split screen - another mistake.

However...all these mistakes are forgivable...even some of the bizarre casting decisions can be overlooked.

It takes a while...but, the actors settle, the direction settles - and, a story is told that will hurt.

A lovely little film that deserves a wider audience.


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The(ir) Blurb...

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.

Cast & Characters

Layke Anderson as Frank;
Benjamin Northover as Jake;
Eleanor David as Emma;
Steven Webb as Angelo;
Luke Wilkins as Dean;
Udo Kier as Madame;
Emma Griffiths Malin as Carol;
Oliver Hoare as Herman;
Stephen Fry as Dr. Marsh;
Joanna Scanlan as Nurse Suzanne;
Loic Peckels as Young Jake;
Sascha Ley as Frank's Mother;
Chris McHallem as Frank's Father;
Tom Leick as Lisa;
Alain Kahn as Penelope