When daddy issues become daddy issues, literally. Taboo tension at its most uncomfortable.
A lonely boy (Troy Accola) befriends an older man (Max Sargent) who offers to help the troubled youth connect with his biological father. But when the gorgeous young blonde is rejected, the older man's comfort turns to mutual lust.
Acting
Accola's fragile desperation sells the uncomfortable premise
Direction
Noelle leans into discomfort rather than exploitation
Director
Nica Noelle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Nica Noelle built her career on psychologically complex queer adult cinema that courts mainstream festival controversy.
The title's double meaning becomes literal when Troy's actual father appears—making the older man's 'help' increasingly suspect.
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