Buddy Boy (1999)

[PureLife]

I recently saw this film, and really enjoyed it. At first I was very frustrated with it. At times I thought it was going to be another crap indie film going nowhere. I was oh so wrong. The underlying meaning was powerful, at least to me. Check it out.


Plot:

The story of a pious introvert whose religious conviction begins to crumble under the weight of a cruel and strange existence, Buddy Boy is a study of faith, obsession, alienation and madness. The film's title character, Francis, lives with his invalid, abusive mother in a dingy tenement apartment, and has suffered a life of unrelenting misfortune and brutality. Over time, he has withdrawn from the world and into himself, silently observing others rather than interacting with them. His only solace has been his Catholicism, but he has begun to question his faith in a loving God who could countenance so much evil and pain. When he discovers he can see into the apartment of a beautiful, mysterious woman from his own back stairs, Francis cannot stop watching her, even after he meets her and they become romantically involved. Unable or unwilling to believe that she could actually love him, he becomes ever more obsessive in his voyeurism. And it is what Francis sees - or thinks he sees - that leads ultimately to his undoing

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I couldn't find a trailer for it.

 

[His Name Is Frank]

Film: Buddy Boy

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[PureLife]

I doubt many people saw it, if any ha. Its on IFC demand if you have that. Check it out!

 

[Max Power]

I'm not going to watch this movie but

"And it is what Francis sees - or thinks he sees - that leads ultimately to his undoing"

Can you tell me, in spoiler tags so others don't see, what he sees (or thinks he sees)???

The curiosity is killing me.

 

[PureLife]

He is voyeuristicly ( thats not a word, but lets pretends) watching his VERY attractive neighbor constantly. Shes a like, a hardcore vegan. Yet Francis sees her slaughter men and later eat them. This leads to a variety of of events due to to the cause of the neighbors cannibalism. He confronts her multiple times, and finally in the last seen completely breaks down. Is sexual ( they have sex) lover a total psycho cannibal vegan that only eats humans, or is Francis just a schizophrenic as he peeks through his seek hole to spy on his neighbor?