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Luster (2002)

Luster poster
Directed by
Everett Lewis
Genre
melodrama, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
16
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 20 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of friends over a weekend in the Los Angeles queer punk scene. It shows their interactions and experiences.

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What happens

Luster is a 2002 American drama film written and directed by Everett Lewis. The film is about a weekend in the lives of a group of friends in the Los Angeles queer punk scene. Lewis sought to "infuse queerness" into the film as much as he could, so he cast a number of non-heterosexual actors and used music by a number of queer punk bands. Critical response to Luster was deeply divided. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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