Synopsis
Edge of Seventeen (1999) is David Moreton's coming-of-age drama, available to watch online on iFILM. Summer 1984, Sandusky, Ohio: high-schooler Eric finally starts looking at himself honestly.
A summer job at an amusement park throws him together with Rod, and the crush he kept hidden stops being a secret. What follows arrives all at once — a first romance, a first betrayal, awkward talks with his mother and with his best friend Maureen, who hoped for something else. Eighties synth-pop, Bronski Beat on the tape deck, the itch to escape a small town.
Lea DeLaria runs the gay bar that becomes the one place Eric can breathe. The film never softens its edges: growing up here gets cruel, to Eric and to the people around him. A straight-talking pick for anyone who likes independent cinema about identity without the sugar. Stream Edge of Seventeen (1999) online on iFILM.
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