In late ’90s Memphis, a closeted white teenager and a black Vietnamese immigrant forge a clandestine connection, leading them on a journey of self-discovery and confronting the stark divisions of race, class, and desire.
Directed by Ira Sachs
1952: Bishop Bilodeau visits a québécois prison to hear the confession of a boyhood friend jailed for murder 40 years ago…
Director: John Greyson, 1996
L’ESCORTE is a comedy of manners where cynicism and false naiveté mingle in a bittersweet study of love, lies and friendship in the age of AIDS. Amid the laughter and the tears, the hustle and bustle of life goes on.
Une robe d’été (A Summer Dress) is a 1996 short film directed by François Ozon about a lagging gay relationship that is refueled in an unexpected way.
Following a pitched battle, a Maori warrior finds a wounded European soldier and helps him back to health. How will this clash of cultures in a time of warfare turn out?
Director: Stewart Main
Stars: Greg Mayor, Marton Csokas, John Maunsell
Two men are going away together for the weekend but one seems more concerned than the other that there are condoms available…
Director: Merzak Allouache
Director: Writers: Genre: Country: Language: Duration: min Year: Stars: Hustler White (1996) Directors: Rick Castro, Bruce La Bruce Writers: Rick Castro Bruce La Bruce
Better Dead Than Gay (1996) British TV documentary. Simon Harvey was a gay man unable to reconcile his gay feelings with his strict christian upbringing.
In a suburb of London, young Jamie is escaping sport hours, to avoid being the victim of his comrades. Young Ste, his neighbor, is beaten by his father,… Directed by Hettie Macdonald. Starring Glen Berry, Linda Henry.
Documentary look at doomed male prostitutes in Prague, ages 15 to 18, who troll at the public swimming pool, the train station, a video arcade, and a disco. After the boys talk about how they got in the game, the camera follows them to the home of Pavel Rousek. Under the name Hans Miller, he makes gay porno videos, primarily for German distribution. Intercut with a movie shoot chez Rousek is an interview that follows him to his day job at a morgue, where he performs an autopsy as he talks about his work. The sex is without protection; the boys are without family. They talk about their bodies and souls, money, their sexual orientation, AIDS, their dreams, and death.
A story that reminds us what it’s like to be young and in love, or at least lust. The film is well acted, and the plot is realistic, but the ending is somehow unsatisfying. On it’s own it’s a nice piece of light cinema, but seeing it along with the other shorts in a boy’s life 2, it made a very nice addition.
Director: Nickolas Perry
Karl Foyle and Paul Prentice were best mates at school in the Seventies. But when they meet again in present-day London things are definitely not the same. Karl is now Kim, a transsexual…
Director: Richard Spence
Stars: Steven Mackintosh, Rupert Graves, Miriam Margolyes
The Toilers and the Wayfarers (1996) Director: Keith Froelich Scenario: Keith Froelich Genre: Drama Country: USA Year: 1996 Duration: 75 min Rating: 6.5/10 Actors: Matt
Though shot on video, it’s exquisitely photographed and superbly edited with tasteful dissolves whenever the sex action tends to get a little hot ‘n’ heavy, all of it underscored with a beautiful original soundtrack to boot. The story is basically simple but well-told.
A young French man bicycles across town after an evening out to spend the night with his boyfriend.
A married man falls in love with an another man whom he meets on a beach. He describes this sudden passion in simples words. Paul Vecchiali contribution to almanach ‘L’@mour est à réinventer’.
Skin and Bone (1996) Volite li Bondage, sadizam ili možda drkate dok maštate da nad vama vrše torturu? Da vas onako pošteno isprebijaju, ispišaju se
Christoph, cop and self-confident macho, has trouble with his fiance. After a long night he wakes up in the arms of Edgar, a good-looking, gay auto-mechanic. His live gets more and more troublesome after his girl friend throws him out of their apartment and as last resort he moves to Edgars place. Working together with a new, good-looking, very self-confident, female collegue, but living with a good-looking gay guy makes him pretty uncertain about his sexuality and his role as a cop.
The Birdcage (1996) Jutros sam se probudio neuobičajeno rano. Kiša udarila kao da nikada neće stati. Očito da ću još jedan dan provesti doma. Sinoć
