House of Boys

House of Boys is a 2009 LuxembourgianGerman drama film directed and written by JeanClaude Schlim, starring Layke Anderson, Benn Northover and Udo Kier. The film follows the story of Frank, a gay teenager in the 80s who runs away from his home to start a new life and later his struggle against the recently discovered AIDS.

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 57 based on reviews fromcritics, with a rating average of 6.4 out of 10.Critics agreed the film starts slow but later develops into a deeper story. Jeannette Catsoulis from the New York Times wrote a positive review about the film, and said that it conveys an emotional honesty that overrides its dated style. ........

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