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Save Me (2007)

Save Me poster
Directed by
Robert Cary
Genre
drama film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 31 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A gay man struggling with drug addiction enters a Christian ex-gay program run by a couple. He tries to change his sexuality while forming complicated relationships with others in the program.

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What happens

Save Me is an American drama film 2007 film directed by Robert Cary about Mark (Chad Allen), a drug-addicted gay man who is admitted into an ex-gay program run by Gayle (Judith Light) and her husband Ted (Stephen Lang). The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and was later picked up for distribution by independent studio First Run Features. In September 2008 the film began its limited theatrical release in select markets in the United States. The film screened at several film festivals and drew positive reviews from Entertainment Weekly, Variety, Time Out London and several other publications. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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