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Downing

Country: UK, Language: English, 16 mins

  • Director: Ben Peters
  • Writer: Peter Forbes
  • Producer: Hannah Hüglin; Russell Webber

CGiii Comment

You will always find me bashing one out in the toilet at parties...will young filmmakers ever get over their dreary fascination with masturbation?

Statutory rape, blackmail and a gobby little queen...it all amounts to being an unpleasant, unpalatable, immature work of predictable inconsequence.


Trailer...

DOWNING clip from Rapt Films on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Amidst a vibrant house party, John, the isolated local gay lad, finds an opportunity to exact revenge on his straight oppressor, the popular and handsome Daniel. Boy kisses boy, drinking, f***ing and regret: just another teenage party.

Cast & Characters

Jamie Brotherston as John;
Ross William Wild as Daniel;
Krystina Coates as Chloe;
Rehanna MacDonald as Lauren;
Jack Hinks as Luke;
Ling Law as Party Girl