Whole New Thing

Whole New Thing

5.8IMDb Score
Released:2005-09-15
Duration:92 min
Country:Canada
Director:Amnon Buchbinder
Actors:Aaron Webber, Rebecca Jenkins, Robert Joy, Daniel MacIvor, Callum Keith Rennie
Production:Acuity Pictures Production, Picture This! Entertainment, Palpable Productions

Overview:

Socially isolated by his parents, an androgynous teen enrolls in high school and develops a crush on his male teacher.

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