Akron
 (2015)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
In Collection
#830
6*
Seen ItYes
(3/7/2018 Home)
754703764522
IMDB   6.6
88 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Joseph Melendez David Cruz
Matthew Frias Benny Cruz
Andrea Burns Lenora Cruz
Edmund Donovan Christopher Welling
Amy da Luz Carol Welling
Isabel Rose Machado Becca
Cailan Rose
Director
Sasha King
Brian O'Donnell
Producer Sasha King
Brian O'Donnell
Writer/Composer Brian O'Donnell
Cinematography Patrick Jordan
Music Bill Snodgrass


Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.
Edition Details
Distributor Wolfe
Release Date 2/7/2017
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks Stereo [English]
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 3/4/2018
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Purchase Price $20.40
Tags family, forgiveness
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IMDB
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References
QueerGuru Rating 8

Notes
A melodrama of two families which is not negatively focused on the queerness of their kids. Romeo and Juliet reimagined. The power of love and forgiveness· But there is also the coincidence that the young lovers unwittingly had such a dark connection many years before· There are moments when how unlikely this is becomes an elephant in the room, partly because whenever the movie tries some sleight of hand to divert me from thinking about it, it actually just ends up highlighting it.