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Boys (1996)

Boys poster
Directed by
Stacy Cochran
Genre
drama film, romance film, teen film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman is found unconscious near an all-boys boarding school. A student helps her recover, and a mysterious connection forms between them.

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What happens

Boys is a 1996 American film starring Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas. It is based very loosely on the short story "Twenty Minutes" by James Salter. The film is set in an East Coast boys boarding school, and was shot in Baltimore and on the campus of St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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