House of Boys
- 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.
Trailer...
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