

Frisky Business
2023-03-03 · 93 min · ★ 4.8
An anxious young drag queen searches for a way out before a revealing news story hits the airwaves, two silent strangers wander out into the night in a city under curfew, and a lively summer camp seeks to rid the youths of America of their sinful heterosexual desires. A defiant collection of shorts exploring passion, persecution and revolt from eras past, present and future. The 5 short films are: AYOR (2021); All the Way (2018); Lost Queens [Locas perdidas] (2015); Gay Camp (2018); Undercurrent [宵禁] (2020).
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- Directors
- Tom Bakker, Zoe Weng Yu-Tong, Pedro Rilhó, Ignacio Juricic Merillán, Mark Marchillo
- Production companies
- FilmDoo
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Oliver WellingtonLourenço
Michael BallardThe Guest
James HardyTom
Lars BrinkmanEnno
Thor BraunJan
Angélo SchuurmansAd
Andrew BargstedRodrigo
Gabriel OlivaBlaze
Maria PallasSkyler
Aaron R LandonHank Azaria Kid
Kyle KittredgeNathan Lane Kid
Huang Li-fengTeenager
Olivia NakintuRayvenn
Catalina Vásquez CristiMaría de los Ángeles
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