“Eight men. One summer. Figure it out.”
A group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex relationships within the group are sometimes strained and sometimes strengthened.
Jason Alexander
Buzz Hauser
Stephen Spinella
Perry Sellars
Stephen Bogardus
Gregory Mitchell
Randy Becker
Ramon Fornos
John Benjamin Hickey
Arthur Page
Justin Kirk
Bobby Brahms
John Glover
John & James Jeckyll
Love! Valour! Compassion! is a drama film released in 1997 exploring themes of aids, based on play or musical, hiv, blind, new york state, lgbt. Directed by Joe Mantello, it stars Jason Alexander, Stephen Spinella, Stephen Bogardus. A group of gay friends spend summer weekends together at a lakeside house in upstate New York. As the season progresses and secrets begin to surface, the complex relationships within the group are sometimes strained and sometimes strengthened.
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