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Midnight Dancers

1994 1h 40m Drama List
Reviews Brothers Joel (Alex Del Rosario), Dennis (Grandong Cervantes) and Sonny (Lawrence David) work together as dancers at a low-rent gay bar in downtown Manila, in the Philippines. Despite his mother's pleas, Sonny decides to quit college to work full-time at the bar, while Dennis has moved beyond dancing into prostitution at the urging of the manipulative club manager. Joel, the eldest, tries to balance his secret gay life with his socially respectable role as a husband and father. Read More Read Less

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Emanuel Levy Variety Macho dancers and call boys, prostitutes and pimps, flamboyant queens and closeted homosexuals populate Chionglo's compassionate portrait of Manila's gay subculture vis-a-vis mainstream society. Rated: C+ Jul 17, 2007 Full Review Edward Guthmann San Francisco Chronicle Rated: 1/4 Jul 24, 2001 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 4/5 Dec 18, 2004 Full Review Brian Webster Apollo Guide Rated: 41/100 Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Brothers Joel (Alex Del Rosario), Dennis (Grandong Cervantes) and Sonny (Lawrence David) work together as dancers at a low-rent gay bar in downtown Manila, in the Philippines. Despite his mother's pleas, Sonny decides to quit college to work full-time at the bar, while Dennis has moved beyond dancing into prostitution at the urging of the manipulative club manager. Joel, the eldest, tries to balance his secret gay life with his socially respectable role as a husband and father.
Director
Mel Chionglo
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Filipino
Release Date (DVD)
May 9, 2000
Runtime
1h 40m