Buddies

Buddies

...the first dramatic movie about AIDS

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Release Date

9/12/1985

Runtime

81 mins

Genres

Overview

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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An intimate portrait of an unlikely bond forged in crisis, where two men with opposing politics learn empathy through each other's presence. A quietly moving film that transforms a crisis into something humanly generous.

Mood

MelancholicHopeful

Themes

FriendshipIsolationMortality

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Two-hander

Heads up

AddictionSuicide and self-harm

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