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LGBT Short Film About Coming Out to a Religious Family

Marco van Bergen · Netherlands · Romance / Drama · 18 min · 26K views

Directed by Marco van Bergen · Starring Tom van Kessel, Tine Joustra, Julian Moon Snijder, Milan Boele van Hensbroek · 2019

Elias comes home for his birthday with his devout family, but when his boyfriend Jasper turns up unannounced, the double life he has kept between Amsterdam and his conservative hometown starts to unravel.

A tense, tender Dutch coming-out story caught between first love and a deeply religious family.

Elias returns home to celebrate his birthday with his deeply religious family. But when his boyfriend Jasper suddenly appears at the door as a surprise, the truth Elias has been hiding can no longer stay hidden.

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