Little Gay Boy

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Little Gay Boy
Directed by Antony Hickling
Written byAntony Hickling
Produced byH&A films, Antony Hickling
StarringGaëtan Vettier, Manuel Blanc, Amanda Dawson, Gala Besson
CinematographyChristopher Rivoiron, Amaury Grisel, Tom Chabbat
Edited byVictor Toussaint
Music byXavier Bussy, Anna Brooke
Distributed byThe Open Reel (Italy) – Sales Agency, Optimale France
Running time
72 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguagesFrench, English

Little Gay Boy is a French film directed by Antony Hickling in 2013. It has been screened at LGBTQ film festivals around the world and had a cinema release in Paris, France 2013. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Plot

The film centers around a young man Jean-Christophe (J.C) played by Gaëtan Vettier. Born to a prostitute mother and an absent father, J-C. experiments with his sexuality and pushes the limits of his identity, until the day he finally meets this fantasized father. Between raw violence and phantasmagoric reveries, J-C. finds his own path and gradually free himself from the demons of the past. [6]

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