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5.0 0h 21m

Hope

Billy is a bisexual man struggling with the binary nature of the world and homophobia in the church. When he meets Lucas, a gay man, he is encouraged to open up about his feelings and finds Lucas on a similar path.

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  • Rich Dee

    Rich Dee

    Billy

  • Kyle Brookes

    Kyle Brookes

    Lucas

Overview

Billy is a bisexual man struggling with the binary nature of the world and homophobia in the church. When he meets Lucas, a gay man, he is encouraged to open up about his feelings and finds Lucas on a similar path.

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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jan 1, 2026

    You know what, for a production that can’t have had much of a budget, this is actually quite a thought-provoking short feature that asks a few questions about the compatibility of religiosity and sexuality. “Billy” (Rich Dee) goes into a rather elegant looking church and sits on the same row as “Lucas”. This latter fellow is on his phone and “Billy” makes a crack about the wifi (that could just as readily apply in a cinema!) and the pair start to chat. Nervously, at first, and then “Lucas” leaves with a promise to return next day to continue the chat with his new, gay, friend. It’s not quite the next day when he does return, but when he does they get to spend ten minutes on some evaluations as to where God - as opposed to the clergy or the Bible - might sit on the subject of being gay or bi? Might he have more important things to concern himself with, and might he actually only really care about love. After all, Corinthians waxes quite lyrically on the meaning and benefits of love without making any reference to the biological qualifications required to reap it’s rewards, and Dee delivers the verse quite poignantly. Sure, their backstories are contrived and melodramatic, but I thought those really all rather irrelevant to what I consider it’s point. It is not great, it’s not really even very good and it is far too long, but it does offer some food for thought at times.

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