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Weirdos (2016)

Weirdos poster
Directed by
Bruce McDonald
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
18A
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In 1970s Nova Scotia, a teenage boy named Kit runs away from home to find his mother in Sydney. Along the way he confronts his feelings about his family and his sexuality.

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What happens

Weirdos is a 2016 Canadian drama film directed by Bruce McDonald and written by Daniel MacIvor. It debuted at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Set in Nova Scotia in 1976, it stars Dylan Authors as Kit, a teenager living in Antigonish who decides to run away to live with his mother in Sydney. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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