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Mar 31, 2026
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About the film
Genre
Comedy
Runtime
1h 25m
Released
2019
Director
Mark Blane
Producer
Carolina Gimenez, Mark Blane, Tiago Cardoso, Dinis Henriques, Ben Mankoff
Writer
Mark Blane
Crew
Siniša Kukić, James Bartol, Henry Russell Bergstein, Jon Natchez, Ashley Isaacs
Cast
Patricia Richardson, Peter Y. Kim, Jeanine Serralles, Mark Blane, Naian González Norvind, Christian Patrick, Janis Weatherly, Joseph Seuffert, Matthew Shear, Rodney Richardson, Carly Blane, Lucy DeVito, Donna Mitchell, Blake Delong, Zachary Booth, Violet Tinnirello, John Duff
Awards & recognition
Chlotrudis Independent Film Awards
Buried Treasure Winner 2020
NewFest New York
New York Centerpiece
Inside Out Toronto at TIFF Bell Lightbox
Official Selection / Innovation Award Nominee
Brighton International Film Festival
First Feature Selection
Torino LGBTQ International Film Festival
Official Selection - Feature Film Competition
Mostra Fire, Barcelona
Official Selection
OutFest, Los Angeles
Official Selection
Iris Prize, Wales
Best Actor Nominee - Mark Blane
Faroe Islands' International Minority Film Festival
Official Selection
Gender Bender (Bologna)
Official Selection
Frameline International Film Festival
Official Selection / Best First Feature Nominee
What people are saying
‘like the lovechild of Napoleon Dynamite and Lady Bird‘
Terry Mesnard
Fresh Tomato Review (Gayly Dreadful)
‘A fierce writer-director debut!‘
Susan Stover
Producer (Welcome to the Dollhouse, High Art)
‘Mark's performance is kaleidoscopic and engrossing. He is a next generation wunderkind filmmaker.‘
Jonathan Caouette
Filmmaker, Cannes Queer Palm Nominee (Tarnation,
‘Everything hinges on Blane's performance. Open and emotional and in-your-face as it is, there's more depth there than first meets the eye.‘
Jennie Kermode
Eye For Film
‘a kinky sweetness‘
Kimber Myers
Los Angeles Times
‘A voice of its own that is not quite like anything else you’ve ever seen‘
John Paul King
Los Angeles Blade
‘Mark Blane has John Cameron Mitchell’s warm understanding and faith in the goodness of people‘
Norman Gidney
FilmThreat