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House of Boys (2009)

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Make Love Your Goal

It is 1984. Frank is a determined English teenager who runs away from high school to find an alternative gay lifestyle in Amsterdam. He finds a home and a job at the "House of Boys", a bar-cum-brothel run by a strict Madame who has an eye for what his punters crave. Frank works his way up from barman to on-stage dancer and falls in love with some of his housemates, Jake. The first intimations of what is described as 'the gay cancer', casts a long shadow over Frank's tight-knit group of friends. Yet despite the troubles that cloud the hopes and dreams of young Frank, his perseverance, along with support from a willing doctor, will carry him through.

Cast & Crew

Director
Jean-Claude Schlim
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    Frank Layke Anderson
  • Profile picture of Udo Kier
    Madame Udo Kier
  • Profile picture of Stephen Fry
    Dr. Marsh Stephen Fry
  • Profile picture of Steven Webb
    Angelo Steven Webb
  • Profile picture of Chris McHallem
    Frank's Father Chris McHallem
  • Profile picture of Vicky Krieps
    Flower Shop Girl Vicky Krieps
  • Profile picture of Michael Kühl
    Christopher Michael Kühl
  • Profile picture of Gintare Parulyte
    Rita Gintare Parulyte

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Keywords

  • aids
  • love at first sight
  • amsterdam, netherlands
  • brothel
  • cabaret
  • bully
  • male homosexuality
  • lgbt
  • brothel madam
  • 1980s
  • rent boy
  • rent boys
  • gay theme
  • hiv/aids epidemic
  • homosexual
  • gay sex