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Buddies

...The first dramatic movie about AIDS

8.2 average rating
★★★★★
8.2
English / 81 MIN. / 1985

The Genres

The Synopsis

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.

The Cast

Geoff EdholmDavid SchachterLibby SainesDavid RoseBilly LuxJoyce KornSusan SchneiderTracy VivatDamon Hairston

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