Test, Apr 07, 2014 | Boston LGBT Film Festival 2014

Boston LGBT Film Festival 2014

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Director

Chris Mason Johnson

Year

2013

Run Time

90

min

Country

USA

Language

PROGRAM Time

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San Francisco, 1985. Two opposites attract at a modern dance company. Together, their courage and resilience are tested as they navigate a world full of risks and promise, against the backdrop of a disease no one seems to know anything about.

This film is presented in with English subtitles.

Test lovingly portrays the uniquely exciting and harrowing era of 70s San Francisco as young Frankie (spectacularly lithe real-life dancer Scott Marlowe) navigates gay life in the big city alongside the travails of being an understudy in a modern dance company and his evolving relationship with fellow dancer Todd (the hunky Matthew Risch). It’s the classic test of skill and character. But a very different test looms on the horizon for them. As Frankie and Todd’s friendship deepens, they navigate a world full of risk… and hope.

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