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Dear Boys (1980) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1980 · 88 mins · Dutch
- Directed by
- Paul de Lussanet
- Starring
- Hugo Metsers, Hans Dagelet, Hans Cornelissen, Pleuni Touw, Gerard Cox, Marina de Graaf
Middle‑aged romance novelist Wolf battles self‑doubt and writer’s block while fearing that age will strip him of the youthful companionship he craves. He enlists his equally lustful and manipulative young lover to devise a scheme to seduce the gentle ‘Muskrat,’ wrestling him from the arms of an older partner, exposing desire, jealousy, and the power games that dominate their lives.
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