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Postcards from London

Modern British Classics • Drama, LGBT, UR

Set in a vibrant, neon-lit, imaginary vision of Soho, this morality tale manages to be both a beautifully shot homage in the spirit of Derek Jarman and a celebration of the homo-erotic in Baroque art. When teenage beauty and Essex boy Jim (Harris Dickinson, the compelling lead in Beach Rats) arrives from provincial boredom to seek his fortune, the promised cultural excitements of Soho prove hard to find. On his first night, he is robbed by a stranger, ends up homeless and is forced to sleep in a cardboard box. But with a word from a kindly security guard, he discovers a group of art-loving rent-boys who take him under their wing.

Tags
Gay (male), Male prostitution, Soho, Stendhal syndrome, Painting (fine art), Models (artists), Muses
Cast
Harris Dickinson Jim
Richard Durden Max
Jonah Hauer-King David
Alessandro Cimadamore Jesus
Leonardo Salerni Marcello
Crew
Steve McLean director

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