House of Boys (2009)

Two young soul mates find each other while working at an all-male performance club/brothel. Eventually, one contracts AIDS.

Director:

Jean-Claude Schlim

Writers:

Jean-Claude Schlim (screenplay), Christian Thiry (screenplay)

Stars:

Loïc Peckels, Layke Anderson, Harry Ferrier

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Loïc Peckels	...	Young Jake
Layke Anderson	...	Frank
Harry Ferrier	...	Karl
Michael N. Kuehl	...	Christopher
Gintare Parulyte	...	Rita
Sascha Ley	...	Frank's Mother
Chris McHallem	...	Frank's Father
Natalie Slevin	...	Amanda
Kelly Jake	...	Boyd (as Jack Kelly)
Benn Northover	...	Jake
Emma Griffiths Malin	...	Carol (as Emma Griffiths-Malin)
Elias McConnell	...	Young Hippy Boy (as Elias Comfort)
Roya Zargar	...	Young Hippy Girl (as Roja Zargar)
Marco Wirges	...	Bouncer 1
David Imper	...	Bouncer 2

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

gay love | male objectification | male rear nudity | bare butt | homoeroticism | 

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Taglines:

Make Love Your Goal

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Genres:

Drama | Music | Romance

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Reportedly, lead actor Layke Anderson refused to promote the film. He isn't featured in any interviews, nor attended any screenings.

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Quotes

Madame: How's my new boy doing?
Emma: Pulling at the reins to dance. I think he's a fast learner.

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Crazy Credits

Words are not sufficient to thank all cast and crew, producers and suppliers, friends and family, each and everybody involved in a way or another, following me on this natural flow during production and over all these years.

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Alternate Versions

An extended version of the film (121 minutes) features more explicit material cut from the 117 minute theatrical release, including a short orgy scene between extras in a dark room, and a brief shot of Jake masturbating in front of a client. It also includes more scenes with Frank and Carol traveling in Morocco.

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Connections

Features Imitation of Life (1959)

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Soundtracks

Le Désir
Music and Lyrics by Michel Clees
Performed by Michel Clees
©Michel Clees
Courtesy of Editions Ultimondo

User Reviews

Well worth watching unless you're homophobic

I saw this nice little movie in Luxembourg one week or so after it's premier here. Basically it's a story of two teenage boys who leave home for different reasons and meet up within a Gay show club in Amsterdam. After falling in love, one ends up sick with AIDS.

Stephen Fry plays a sympathetic doctor but basically helpless with the knowledge of the disease back in the 80s. All the cast act great. I was impressed. Apart from a few short porno scenes, it is a neat little gay drama with some nice music and film direction. There are also some scenes filmed in Luxembourg and Morocco.

If the movie doesn't come to your town, buy it on DVD when released!

Details

Official Sites:

Former Official site for the film - site no longer active. Official distributor's page for the film. [Germany] (German)

Country:

Luxembourg Germany

Language:

English French German Luxembourgish Arabic

Release Date:

29 July 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

House of Boys

Filming Locations:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Company Credits

Production Co:

Delux Productions, Elsani Film, Moonstone Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Color:

Black and White (still photographs) (archive footage) Color