In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic.
Chris Columbus
Director
Chris Columbus
Director
Anthony Rapp
Mark Cohen
Adam Pascal
Roger Davis
Rosario Dawson
Mimi Marquez
Jesse L. Martin
Tom Collins
Wilson Jermaine Heredia
Angel Dumott Schunard
Idina Menzel
Maureen Johnson
Tracie Thoms
Joanne Jefferson
Taye Diggs
Benjamin Coffin III
Julia Roth
Rent Tenant
Porscha Radcliffe
Rent Tenant
Stephen Payne
Homeless Squeegee Man
Overall, Matthias & Maxime doesn't reinvent this romantic concept. But it also doesn't need to. Dolan weaves a story of love, friendship, and life that is both realistic and bittersweet. The film is nuanced and sensual in a way we don't get to see often with LGBTQ characters. It's a film that we can celebrate.
My Beautiful Laundrette is often referenced as a positive LGBTQIA+ film because our two main characters are in a homosexual relationship with no shame, fear of violence or criticism. The struggle is not their sexuality. It is the treatment of the Pakistani citizens in England.