Original title: AKA
Year: 2002
Running time: 123 min.
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Duncan Roy
Screenwriter: Duncan Roy
Music: Matt Rowe
Cinematography: Steve Brooke Smith, Ingrid Domeij, Steve Brooke Smith, Scott Taylor, Claire Vinson
Cast: Matthew Leitch, Diana Quick, George Asprey
Genre: Drama | Based On A True Story
Synopsis: AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family. In order to make something of himself, Dean assumes another identity and manages to enter high society. As he navigates this decadent new world, he meets a host of characters, including David, an older gay man who desires him, and Benjamin, a young hustler from Texas who has also managed to find a place among the aristocracy. Can Dean find love while living a lie? How much is he willing to sacrifice in order to pull off his charade? Presented through three simultaneous frames rather than one.
