Year: 2018
Running time: 85 min.
Country: United States
Director: Yen Tan
Screenwriter: Yen Tan. Story: Hutch, Yen Tan
Music: Curtis Heath
Cinematography: Hutch (B&W)
Cast: Cory Michael Smith, Jamie Chung, Virginia Madsen, Michael Chiklis, Bill Heck, Ryan Piers Williams, David Opegbemi
Producer: Floren Shieh Productions, MuseLessMime ProductionsDistributor: Wolfe Releasing [USA]
Genre: Drama | Gay & Lesbian. AIDS
Synopsis: A closeted young man goes home for the holidays and struggles to reveal his dire circumstances to his conservative family. In the years since his departure, twenty-something Adrian (Cory Michael Smith) has long since left behind the speed and politics of his small Texas hometown. Returning to his family for his first Christmas in years, he finds himself torn between the desire to make the most of their time together and the need to tell them the real reason for his visit. Inspired by his award-winning short film of the same name, director Yen Tan’s 1985 is a nostalgia-tinged look at the lingering feelings left in the wake of leaving one’s hometown, and the awkward tension that comes with determining how much of yourself you can still reveal to those you’ve left behind.
