The truth cannot be converted.|Sep. 24, 2018|Australia|115 Min.|R
Genre: Drama
Description: “Boy Erased,” released in 2018, is an American biographical drama film adapted from Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir of the same title. Directed and written by Joel Edgerton, the film features a stellar cast including Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, and Edgerton himself. It tells the story of a young man, the son of Baptist parents, who is compelled to undergo a conversion therapy program.
The movie premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on September 1, 2018, and was subsequently showcased at the Toronto International Film Festival. It hit theaters in the United States on November 2, 2018, through Focus Features, earning over $11 million globally. Critics generally praised the film, particularly the performances of the cast, and it garnered several award nominations, including two Golden Globe nods for Best Actor (Hedges) and Best Original Song (“Revelation”). Additionally, it won the GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Limited Release.
The narrative follows Jared Eamons, the son of a Baptist preacher and a hairdresser in Arkansas. He enrolls in the Love In Action gay conversion therapy program in Memphis, Tennessee, where chief therapist Victor Sykes asserts that sexuality is a choice influenced by faulty parenting. Participants are subjected to intense “moral inventories” and instructed to keep the program’s activities confidential.
Reflecting on his past, Jared recalls his high school years and the traumatic event of being raped by a college friend, Henry, which led him to return home. The film explores Jared’s journey through this harrowing experience and its aftermath.
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Cast director: Joel Edgerton
Cast actor: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Joe Alwyn, Xavier Dolan, Troye Sivan, Cherry Jones, Flea, Jesse LaTourette
Original name: Boy Erased