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Lunar Sway (2026)

Lunar Sway poster
Directed by
Nick Butler
Genre
black comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young LGBTQ man in a small desert town gets pulled into a chaotic series of events when his estranged birth mother returns with secrets. The story follows Cliff and his boyfriend as their lives spiral.

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What happens

Lunar Sway is a Canadian black comedy film, directed by Nick Butler and released in 2026. The film stars Noah Parker as Cliff, a young LGBTQ man living in the small desert town of Mooncrest, who is drawn into a wild spiral of events with his boyfriend Stew (Douglas Smith) after his estranged birth mother Marg (Liza Weil), a woman carrying many other secrets of her own, returns to town. The cast also includes Grace Glowicki, Kaden Connors, Irina Dubova and Tyrone Benskin in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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