Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

House of boys / Moonstone Entertainment in association with Delux Productions and Film Fund Luxemborg present ; produced by Bob Bellion, Jimmy de Brabant ; screenplay by Jean-Claude Schlim, Christian Thiry and Bob Graham ; directed by Jean-Claude Schlim.

Edition:

Directors's cut.

Publisher, Date:

Philadelphia, PA : Breaking Glass Pictures : QC Cinema, 2012.

Description:

1 videodisc (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

In Amsterdam in 1984, punks and youthful drifters could find a glamorous fantasy world among the city s late night dance clubs and cabarets. It's this promise of adventure and opportunity that attracts Frank, a high school aged runaway from Luxembourg who's recently come out of the closet. Thanks to his good looks, he soon earns a place at the House of Boys, a cabaret that's famous for its troupe of male dancers, its extravagant performances, and its eccentric Madame (Udo Kier). But, as Frank finds friendship and explores his passion for music and performing, news of a mysterious gay cancer puts a dark cloud over his newfound sense of freedom. This colorful coming-of-age story captures the excess, optimism and, ultimately, devastation of the 1980s as the early AIDS crisis swept across the world.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Gays -- Drama.

Male dancers -- Drama.

HIV (Viruses) -- Drama.

Other Author:

Schim, Jean-Claude.

Bellion, Bob.

De Brabant, Jimmy.

Thiry, Christian.

Graham, Bob.