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This Irish director got a lovely message from a parent saying his film helped their kid come out
IRISH FILM DIRECTOR John Butler received a lovely message from a parent telling him how his film, Handsome Devil, helped their son come out as gay.
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In the movie, Fionn O’Shea plays Ned, a sensitive outsider at a posh, rugby-playing boarding school who befriends his roommate – the star athlete Conor (Nicholas Galitzine).
Butler says Handsome Devil was inspired by his own experience of being gay at school, and told The Irish Times that he had “such trouble resolving” being gay and into sport.
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Earlier this week, Butler got a message from a parent to say that the film had helped out a boy in a similar situation:
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Butler said he was “slightly overcome” by this response to his work, which debuted to warm reviews at the Toronto Film Festival last year.
Handsome Devil is still screening at some cinemas in the country after opening here in April – if you can, check it out.
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