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Retake (2016)

Retake poster
Directed by
Nick Corporon
Genre
drama film, romance film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 35 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A lonely middle-aged man hires a young male sex worker to accompany him on a road trip to the Grand Canyon. As they travel through the desert, the man tries to recreate a past relationship with the escort playing the role of an old flame.

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What happens

Retake is a 2016 American LGBT drama written and directed by Nick Corporon and starring Tuc Watkins and Devon Graye. It premiered at San Francisco's Frameline Film Festival in 2016 at the historic Castro theatre. The film went on to screen at multiple film festivals, including Reel Q, Outfest, and Reel Affirmations, among others. The film was picked up for distribution by Breaking Glass Pictures, with a theatrical premiere in Los Angeles on July 14, 2016 followed by an on-demand and DVD release in early-2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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