Underplayed Gems

Buddy Boy (1999)

Buddy Boy poster
Directed by
Mark Hanlon
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
R
Rating
4.9 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young, reclusive man living with his invalid mother becomes obsessed with a mysterious woman who moves in next door. The film follows his increasingly disturbing connection to her and the dark secrets that surface.

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What happens

Buddy Boy is a 1999 psychological thriller film written and directed by Mark Hanlon and starring Aidan Gillen, Emmanuelle Seigner and Susan Tyrrell. The film premiered at the 56th Venice International Film Festival. Rex Reed of The New York Observer called it "a curious, unsettling, darkly conceived and absolutely fascinating little film. Not since Roman Polanski at the pinnacle of his European weirdness have I seen a film this strange and riveting." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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