Buddies
Watch TrailerDavid, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and family have abandoned him following his diagnosis, the two men, each with notably different world views, soon discover common bonds, as David's inner activist awakens and Robert's need for emotional release is fulfilled.
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| Year | 1985 |
| Country | United States of America |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. |
| Runtime | 81 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 8.2/10 (53 votes) |
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Buddies is a quietly radical act of cinema, transforming a hospital room into the most consequential political arena. Arthur J. Bressan Jr.'s direction is stark and unflinching, deriving its profound power from the accumulation of glances and shared silences rather than grand speeches.
What lingers after the final frame is not the shadow of illness, but the luminous, hard-won connection that defies it. This is a film about the birth of empathy in the face of societal abandonment. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Arthur J. Bressan, Jr.
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The hushed intimacy of a sickroom, a world reduced to a bed, two chairs, and the space between words.
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