Somefarwhere (2011)

Price (Bryce Blais)goes to a Middle East country on a pretext of being a tourist. However his real purpose is to find his best friend/lover Bo (Drew Boylan) who suddenly disappeared without... See full summary »

Director:

Everett Lewis

Writer:

Everett Lewis

Stars:

Bryce Blais, Khaled Haider, Dale Dymkoski

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Bryce Blais	...	Price
Khaled Haider	...	Marwan
Dale Dymkoski	...	Combs
Eyad Khalili	...	Aziz
Kamal Awad	...	Defense Minister
Drew Boylan
Azza Hourani	...	Sana'a
Rafic Nasredin	...	Hotel Valet
Amer Dweik	...	Embassy Mole
Mohammad Rayyan	...	Abductor
Adnan Bushnaq
Said Najmi	...	Ministry Guard
Mohammad Halhouli	...	Guide
Ahmad Asfour	...	Gas Station Employee
Abdullah Zalabiah	...	Man at gas station

Storyline

Price (Bryce Blais)goes to a Middle East country on a pretext of being a tourist. However his real purpose is to find his best friend/lover Bo (Drew Boylan) who suddenly disappeared without a trace. In a country where homosexual acts alone can get you beheaded, can Price find Bo without revealing his true purpose? What is Price willing to pay and do in order to find Bo? And then there is Marwan (Khaled Haider) a taxi driver/tourist guide for Price and Combs (Dale Dymkoski) a detective. What secrets do these two men hold, helping Price find Bo? In the end, can Price handle the truth regarding the true reason of Bo's disappearance?

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Plot Keywords:

bare chested male | gay thriller | underwear | man in underwear | gunshot | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Quotes

Combs: Everything has a price, Price.

User Reviews

Somefarwhere

I really enjoyed this film; saw it twice in two days. It takes place in a mideastern war zone and concerns a search by a young civilian man for his missing military boyfriend. In the search he encounters various familiar characters just off the news page. A US government agent provokes and uses the young man for both propoganda and to stir up trouble with the locals. A tour guide with whom he forms a strong bond helps him find his friend. An official of the country seeks to make use of the situation for both personal and bureaucratic gain. Another undercover agent from another agency stalks the others to find out secrets and, if possible, to commit a terrorist act....maybe. This makes the pot boil considerably and requires some close watching to keep track. I was more than happy to watch it again to absorb all the pieces and they do, indeed, fit into a rather complex puzzle. There is plenty of scenic grandeur with desert locations and an old roman ruin, a coluseum, where crucial action between the principals occurs, The symbolism of gladiators is not lost but heightened by the careful photography from the seats and side corridors of the ruins. Man, the more I write this, the more I appreciate the work that went into it. The young man who is searching is very good looking and clean cut which emphasizes his relative purity and innocence in facing a bunch of dishonest and evil characters. I am a gay man and found the depiction of gay characters to be way more than acceptable, even heroic. Thank you. I get that the distribution of this film has a checkered history and right here on this site it refers to a French subtitled version. I saw this on Dekko where it sits happily with many other fine gay features.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Arabic

Release Date:

12 October 2011 (France)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1