The Everlasting Secret Family

Directed by Michael Thornhill

A youth becomes a senator's lover, realizing he's valued only for his youth, and schemes for change.
Based on the short stories The Everlasting Secret Family by Frank Moorhouse. Buy the book on Amazon.
The Everlasting Secret Family is a difficult film to recommend without qualification. Critics have rightly challenged its parade of damaging gay stereotypes, and the story’s secretive world of power and exploitation often feels more lurid than insightful. Still, the production is competently mounted and its cold atmosphere does give the material an unsettling, conspiratorial quality.

The Everlasting Secret Family

Directed by Michael Thornhill

A youth becomes a senator's lover, realizing he's valued only for his youth, and schemes for change.
Based on the short stories The Everlasting Secret Family by Frank Moorhouse. Buy the book on Amazon.

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The Everlasting Secret Family is a difficult film to recommend without qualification. Critics have rightly challenged its parade of damaging gay stereotypes, and the story’s secretive world of power and exploitation often feels more lurid than insightful. Still, the production is competently mounted and its cold atmosphere does give the material an unsettling, conspiratorial quality.