Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want

Apr 26, 2010

2h 30m

★ 4.0

Overview

Elliot Tittensor (TV's Shameless) stars as Daz in headlining film PROTECT ME FROM WHAT I WANT, a gripping British film debut that sees him woo a young lad in an underpass, only to be threatened with a break-up the following morning. Passive and submissive roles are tackled and tugged in gay graffiti tale VANDALS and Icelandic grapple-fest WRESTLING, while POSTMORTEM, MY NAME IS LOVE, and Iris Prize-winner STEAM look at promising encounters that turn awry. Rounding out the collection are HEIKO, an alternative ode to foot fetishes, BREATH where 12-year-old Erik swims out to sea to make a daring move on his best friend's father, and the crème de la crème from this collection TREVOR, which won multiple prestigious awards from Sundance, Berlinale, and even The Academy Awards (Oscar) for Best Short Film.

Genres

Horror

Drama

Production Companies

Peccadillo Pictures

Boys On Film 4: Protect Me From What I Want Trailers

Cast

Guy 1 (segment "Steam")

Julien Zeitouni

Guy 2 (segment "Steam")

Scott Hislop

Saleem (segment "Protect Me From What I Want")

Naveed Choudhry

Daz (segment "Protect Me From What I Want")

Elliott Tittensor

Man (segment "Heiko")

José Manuel Mendes

Heiko (segment "Heiko")

Jaime Freitas

Erik (segment "Breath")

Yannick de Waal

Sofie (segment "Breath")

Moo Miero

Arend (segment "Breath")

Roeland Fernhout

Troy (segment "Postmortem")

Murray Bartlett

Thomas (segment "Postmortem")

Daniel Dugan

Raul (segment "Postmortem")

Francisco Valera

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