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Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy (2010)

Boys On Film 5: Candy Boy features nine award-winning short films. Boys will be boys in Pascal-Alex Vincent's FAR WEST and CANDY BOY, where a farmyard and an orphanage get a gay makeover. GO-GO REJECT sees Flashdance obsessive Daniel aim for the stars, as SWEAT has Holby City's David Paisley infiltrating a bath house with unexpected results. Meanwhile, love proves to be timeless when LAST CALL unites past and present, but TWOYOUNGMEN, UT. hints at an uncertain future. Looking back on the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, BLOCKS focuses on the sexual awakening of a peeping Tom. Two more young boys, a confused JAMES and mute DAVID, both reach out for an experienced hand, but will they find what they are looking for?

Drama

Top billed cast

Julien GauthierRicky (segment "Far West")
Jean HaasPapy (segment "Far West")
Gilles GuillainMika (segment "Far West")
Tony GrangerKoko (segment "Far West")
Alexis MichalikJean-Didier (segment "Far West")
Marie-Christine DarahMother Superior (voice) (segment "Candy Boy")
Julien BouanichCandy Boy (voice) (segment "Candy Boy")
Aymen SaïdiSamy (voice) (segment "Candy Boy")
Chloé BerthierSister Prudence (voice) (segment "Candy Boy")
Heath DanielsDaniel Ferguson (segment "Go-Go Reject")

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