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House of Boys

Release Date: November 20, 2009

Year	:	2009
Slogan	:	«»
Genres	:	Drama, Romance
Production Companies	:	Delux Productions, Elsani Film
Director	:	Jean-Claude Schlim
Producers	:	Ernst Etchie Stroh, Sharon Howard-Field, Jimmy de Brabant, Jean-Claude Schlim, Ahmed Abounouom, Bob Bellion, Monique van der Waals, Anita Elsani
Writers	:	Jean-Claude Schlim
RunTime	:	113 mins.
Budget	:	2500000

It is 1984. Frank (Layke Anderson) 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 (Udo Kier) 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 (Ben Northover). 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 (Stephen Fry), will carry him through. House of Boys is a glamorous, colourful coming-of-age story that lifts the lid on an exciting world of sex and music, where deep passions suddenly turn into a struggle for courage.