Buddies

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Buddies

1985

1h 21m

Drama

LGBTQ+

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A man in the final stages of AIDS shares personal memories and insights with his volunteer caregiver.

Leslie Felperin

Guardian

12/05/2019

4/5

Offers a moving reminder of a time that seems both immensely far away and like yesterday.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

12/04/2019

4/5

It's a film full of compassion yet miraculously free of self-pity.

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Chuck Wilson

Village Voice

06/19/2018

Thirty-three years after its initial release, the film remains as affecting as ever.

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Brian T. Carney

Washington Blade

12/07/2022

Buddies paints a poignant tale with simple, assured filmmaking...

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David Parkinson

Radio Times

06/08/2022

3/5

Raw it may be, but this captures a seismic moment in social history with clarity, compassion and authenticity.

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Ben Turner

The Pink Lens

09/01/2021

4/5

Passionate in its anger but tender in its humanity.

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PridePosterStudios

09/20/2023

A pioneering piece that led the way for other crucial films raising awareness of HIV.

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06/12/2021

Clearly a work of art and passion by people who have lived through it, and died shortly after. The most authentic movie ever made about HIV. A time capsule that should be preserved in the Smithsonian. It's that good.

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08/11/2018

A 1985 time capsule of a period that all of us wanted to forget, but couldn't and shouldering. Scripted in 5 days, shot in 9 days and edited in the director, Arthur J. Bressan's living room on a Moviola. Holds up in every way, even after 33 years.

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Synopsis

A man in the final stages of AIDS shares personal memories and insights with his volunteer caregiver.

Director: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Producer: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Screenwriter: Arthur J. Bressan Jr.
Production Co: Film and Video Workshop
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 12, 1985, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 29, 2020
Runtime: 1h 21m