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Boys don't cry

United States, 1999
film

Based on the life and death of Brandon Teena, “Boys Don’t Cry” is a gripping and very moving account of difference and intolerance. Believin..

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An Old man's tear

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Boys Town

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Tattooed Tears

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This boy's life

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Boyhood

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