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2009·16

House of Boys

Make Love Your Goal

DramaRomance2h

🍅56%

🍅

56%

Tomatometer

🍿

49%

Popcornmeter

6.2

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Trailers

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Official Trailer

Details

DirectorJean-Claude Schlim

ReleasedNov 20, 2009

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$2.5M

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide16DE

Studios

Delux Productions

Elsani FilmMoonstone Entertainment

Cast

Layke Anderson

Layke Anderson

Frank

Benn Northover

Jake

Udo Kier

Udo Kier

Madame

Stephen Fry

Stephen Fry

Dr. Marsh

Steven Webb

Steven Webb

Angelo

Chris McHallem

Chris McHallem

Frank's Father

Vicky Krieps

Vicky Krieps

Flower Shop Girl

Harry Ferrier

Karl

Michael Kühl

Christopher

Gintarė Parulytė

Gintarė Parulytė

Rita

Sascha Ley

Sascha Ley

Frank's Mother

Natalie Slevin

Amanda

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

Amazon Prime Video

Amazon Prime Video with Ads

Reviews

8 reviews · 6 critics · 1 fan

5 fresh · 2 rotten

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Sheri Linden

RTLos Angeles TimesSep 22, 2011

Against the odds, the indulgent mash-up of sex, old-fashioned corn, romance-novel fantasy and AIDS tragedy is a mostly winning combo.

J

Jeannette Catsoulis

RTNew York TimesJul 28, 2011

A gay tragedy in three acts and more than a dozen excellent songs, "House of Boys" conveys an emotional honesty that overrides its dated style.

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Andrew Schenker

RTVillage VoiceJul 26, 2011

For all its hanging on the details of the boys' heavily eroticized performances and its graphing of the relationships between the young performers, the film is at once too drawn out and underdeveloped.

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Joe Lipsett

RTThe Queer Gaze (Podcast)Aug 19, 2024

Those expecting a fun Udo Kier drag movie (like me) will find the focus on the AIDS epidemic startling and upsetting. Jean-Claude Schlim's film is well made and emotionally volatile, albeit too busy and scattered to be totally effective.

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Information

Title

House of Boys

Released

Nov 20, 2009

Rated

16

Region of Origin

Luxembourg, Germany

Original Audio

English

Runtime

2h

Status

Released

Studios

Delux Productions, Elsani Film

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