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.
This is the story of two male prostitutes who want to become professional actors and how they struggle to get into show business.
柏林以性换钱的故事。被鄙视、侮辱和压制到社会边缘——这就是柏林年轻男妓面临的现实。大多数骗子都是移民,其中很多人的行为都是出于必要。罗莎·冯·普劳恩海姆 (Rosa von Praunheim) 陪伴年轻人在酒吧、色情电影院和街头工作。他展示了他们的理由、他们的故事,最重要的是,他们展示了他们求生的强烈意志。
The lives of two boys converge on the central train station in Warsaw, the day before Christmas.
Uwe Friessner’s first feature, At the End of the Rainbow, follows the exploits of a West Berlin teenager named Jimmi who ekes out a living through petty theft and part-time hustling, hangs out in punk clubs, and who, for reasons which this film subtly details, is thoroughly unemployable. Drawing on his own experience in trying to help a young runaway who eventually committed suicide, Friessner wrote into Jimmi’s story several older students who attempt to find work for him, and who give him shelter for a time in their commune.
A candid peek into the culture of male sex workers in Beijing.