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Holding the Man

2015 · 2h 8m · Drama

IMDb 7.4 RT 81%

Watch it tonight if you're in the mood for a genuinely moving love story that earns its emotional weight—this is a tender, beautifully crafted drama about a 15-year relationship that refuses to be tragic despite its heartbreaking final act. The strong scores back it up, and it's exactly the kind of film that reminds you why character-driven narratives matter.

Plot

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.

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