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RSVP (1991)

RSVP poster
Directed by
Laurie Lynd
Genre
drama film, musical film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Canada
Runtime
23 min
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gay man returns to his hometown for a funeral. He reflects on his past relationships and the passage of time.

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What happens

RSVP is a Canadian short film, directed by Laurie Lynd and released in 1991. It was one of the films singled out by film critic B. Ruby Rich in her influential 1992 essay on the emergence of New Queer Cinema. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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