Love! Valour! Compassion!

Love! Valour! Compassion!

Eight men. One summer. Figure it out.

1997108 min6.3 / 10

An intimate ensemble drama about a tight-knit group of gay men navigating love, loss, and vulnerability across a transformative summer.

A group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex relationships within the group are sometimes strained and sometimes strengthened.

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