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, the first by director and writer

Duncan Roy Duncan Roy (born 8 July 1960) is an English film director and producer, script writer, art director and television personality. Early life Roy was born on 8 July 1960, in Whitstable, Kent, England to Frances Elizabeth Spark and Kuros Khazaei. F ...

. The film is set in the late 1970s in Britain and follows the story of Dean, an 18-year-old teenager who assumes another identity to infiltrate high society. Dean meets David, an older

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man who desires him and Benjamin, a young

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hustler. It is largely an autobiographical account of Duncan Roy's early life. The film is presented in a three-frame split-screen format, showing simultaneous perspectives.

Cast

* Matthew Leitch as Dean Page *

Diana Quick Diana Marilyn Quick (born 23 November 1946) is an English actress. Early life and family background Quick was born on 23 November 1946 in London, England. She grew up in Dartford, Kent, the third of four children. Her father was Leonard Quic ...

as Lady Gryffoyn * George Asprey as David Lord Glendening *

Lindsey Coulson Lindsey Coulson (born 13 April 1960) is an English actress, known for her portrayal of Carol Jackson on the BBC soap opera ''EastEnders'' (1993–1997; 1999; 2010–2015). For this, she won the 2000 British Soap Award for Best Dramatic Perfo ...

as Georgie * Blake Ritson as Alexander Gryffoyn * Peter Youngblood Hills as Benjamin * Geoff Bell as Brian Page *

Hannah Yelland Hannah Yelland (born in 1976) is a British-born actress. She lives and works in the United States. Early life Hannah Yelland was born in Hammersmith, west London, and brought up in Richmond, Surbiton and East Molesey. She is the daughter of Bri ...

as Camille Sturton * Daniel Lee as Jamie Page *

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as Uncle Louis Gryffoyn * David Kendall as Lee Page *

Fenella Woolgar Fenella Woolgar (born 4 August 1969) is an English film, theatre, television and radio actress. She is known for her roles in films including '' Bright Young Things'', '' Swallows and Amazons'' and '' Victoria and Abdul'' and for TV shows incl ...

as Sarah *

Sean Gilder Sean Brian Gilder (born 1 March 1964) is an English stage, film and screen actor and playwright. Gilder was born in Brampton, Cumberland, England. He is best known for his portrayal of Styles on '' Hornblower'' and Paddy Maguire on '' Shamele ...

as Tim Lyttleton *

Robin Soans Robin Soans (born 20 June 1946) is a British actor, and a playwright specialising in verbatim and documentary plays. These plays include ''Across the Divide'' (2007); ''A State Affair'' (2000) which looked at life on a Bradford estate, produced ...

as Neil Frost *

Stephen Boxer Stephen Boxer (born 19 May 1950) is an English actor who has appeared in films, on television and on stage. He is known for his role as Joe Fenton (Doctors), Joe Fenton on the BBC soap opera ''Doctors (2000 TV series), Doctors''. Career Stephen ...

as Dermot

Reception

The film has been nominated for several awards, especially in the

community. * 2002 – Nominated for the British Independent Film Awards. * 2002 – Won the Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. * 2002 – Won the Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. * 2002 – Won L.A.

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. * 2002 – Won the Copenhagen Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. * 2003 – Nominated for the

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. * 2003 – Nominated for the Emden International Film Festival. * 2004 – Won the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards.

References

External links

* 2002 films British LGBTQ-related films 2000s English-language films 2002 drama films British drama films 2002 LGBTQ-related films 2000s LGBTQ-related drama films Gay-related films 2000s British films English-language drama films {{LGBT-drama-film-stub