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Flawless (1999)

Flawless poster
Directed by
Joel Schumacher
Genre
drama film, comedy film, crime film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
R
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 302 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A retired security guard has a stroke and loses some of his ability to speak. He hires a drag queen who lives in his building to give him singing lessons. The two form an unlikely bond.

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What happens

Flawless is a 1999 American crime drama film written and directed by Joel Schumacher and starring Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The film is set in an apartment complex, and covers the relationships between its residents. A retired security guard suffers a stroke while trying to help a neighbor. He is left partially paralyzed and with an impaired ability to speak. He hires a neighboring drag queen to give him singing lessons with hope of improving his speech ability. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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