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My Fake Boyfriend

My Fake Boyfriend

Real love is hard to find.

20225.91h 40m

Overview

A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.

Directed by Rose Troche
Written by Luke Albright, Joe Wanjai Ross
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Top Cast

Keiynan Lonsdale

Keiynan Lonsdale

Andrew

Dylan Sprouse

Dylan Sprouse

Jake

Samer Salem

Samer Salem

Rafi

Marcus Rosner

Marcus Rosner

Nico

Karen Robinson

Karen Robinson

Lucille

Sarah Hyland

Sarah Hyland

Kelly

Rachel Risen

Rachel Risen

Emily

Dean McDermott

Dean McDermott

Famous Director

Simon Sinn

Simon Sinn

Mr. Jiang

Matthew Finlan

Matthew Finlan

Leo

Themes & Keywords

lgbtgay theme

About My Fake Boyfriend

My Fake Boyfriend is a comedy, romance film released in 2022 exploring themes of lgbt, gay theme. Directed by Rose Troche, it stars Keiynan Lonsdale, Dylan Sprouse, Samer Salem. A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.

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