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Port Authority (2019)

Port Authority poster
Directed by
Danielle Lessovitz
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 34m
Rated
R
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man arrives in New York City with a complicated past and tries to find his place. He meets a trans woman who works in the ballroom scene, and they navigate their feelings for each other.

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What happens

Port Authority is a 2019 drama film written and directed by Danielle Lessovitz. It stars Fionn Whitehead, Leyna Bloom, McCaul Lombardi and Louisa Krause. Martin Scorsese serves as an executive producer under his Sikelia Productions banner. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section on May 18, 2019. It released in France on September 25, 2019, by ARP Selection, and was released in the United States on May 28, 2021, by Momentum Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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