Holding the Man

Holding the Man

A love story for everyone.

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Release Date

8/27/2015

Runtime

128 mins

Genres

Overview

Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A deeply intimate portrait of a 15-year love story between two men, following them from passionate teenage romance through joy, struggle, and devastating loss. It's a film about how love persists even when the world, and ultimately mortality, works against it.

Mood

RomanticMelancholicBittersweet

Themes

LoveIdentityGriefFamily

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Sexual contentSuicide and self-harm

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