Sugar

Sugar

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Release Date

5/22/2004

Runtime

78 mins

Overview

Cliff receives an unusual 18th birthday gift from his younger sister — marijuana, alcohol, a subway token and the mission to lose his virginity. This results in Cliff meeting a young street hustler named Butch. At first, as Butch introduces Cliff to gay street life in Toronto, Cliff is excited by his new relationship. But as the two grow closer, he finds that Butch has problems, including drug addiction, that are cause for serious concern.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$375,581

Revenue

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Homepage

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An 18-year-old's initiation into gay street life becomes an unexpectedly intimate portrait of desire and disillusionment, as excitement curdles into concern. The film watches with quiet tenderness as innocence encounters the harder realities of its chosen world.

Mood

BittersweetMelancholicWistfulTense

Themes

Coming of ageLoveAddictionIdentity

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Meditative

Look

NaturalisticHandheld

Structure

Linear

Heads up

AddictionSexual content

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