Boy Saint

Boy Saint

7 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 28, 2018

A sumptuous short film of friendship and adoration between boys, based on a poem by Peter LeBerge. Moments of joy, bonding and roughhousing on a school trip to the beach counterpoint one teen boy’s introspective sexual awakenings and questionings. Magnificent cinematography and editing create a visual feast that provides the imagery for a narrated poem by Peter Laberge alluding to early homosexual desires, but with Catholic overtones never directly expressed.

Boy Saint

7 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 28, 2018

Boy Saint
A sumptuous short film of friendship and adoration between boys, based on a poem by Peter LeBerge. Moments of joy, bonding and roughhousing on a school trip to the beach counterpoint one teen boy’s introspective sexual awakenings and questionings. Magnificent cinematography and editing create a visual feast that provides the imagery for a narrated poem by Peter Laberge alluding to early homosexual desires, but with Catholic overtones never directly expressed.
Producers
Original title Boy Saint
Directors Tom Speers
Writers Peter Laberge

Cast

Finn Gillespie

as Boy #1

Lenar Gaffney

as Boy #2

Lewis Brophy

as Boy

Scott Brophy

as Boy

Harry Eaves

as Boy

Evan Hamilton

as Boy

Dave McCurtain

as Barber

Michael McElhatton

as Poem Narrator