Bedrooms and Hallways
Rose Troche, director.
United Kingdom, 1998, 35mm, 95 min.

This witty and wonderfully crafted romantic comedy tells all about relationships and sexual identity at the turn of the millennium. The story revolves around a handsome pair of British flatmates, Darren and Leo.

Darren has no problems in the romance department since his hot affair with Jeremy (Hugo Weaving), a real estate agent, keeps him on the frontiers of sexual adventure in other people's bedrooms and hallways. On the other hand, Leo is more uptight and has a hard time letting himself go, until a concerned workmate persuades him to join a "New Man" therapy group.

While passing around the "honesty stone" in therapy, Leo admits he is attracted to another member of the group, the exceptionally handsome, and ostensibly straight, Brendan. Brendan is struggling to keep alive a failing seven-year relationship with his business partner, Sally, but one "wild man weekend" turns everything around.

Effervescent with humour and visual style, Bedrooms and Hallways is a smart, original and decidedly modern take on relationships among gay men, straight men and straight women. Troche reestablishes her gift for romantic comedy in this surprising and fresh tour-de-force, which proves that you don't have to be a gay boy to make a hit about hunky boys and their drama.

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