Release Date
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Original Release
January 1, 1997
1h 30m
Paul Monette: The Brink of Summer's End (1997)
⭐ 1.090 min
Overview
Narrated by Linda Hunt, this documentary examines the life of the late author and gay rights activist Paul Monette. Born in 1945 to a well-off Massachusetts family, Monette grows up unable to accept his homosexuality, for years hiding it from his loved ones while struggling to develop as a writer. In 1978, Monette publishes his first novel, which allows him to come out to his parents. After losing one lover to AIDS in 1986, he becomes a ferocious advocate for awareness of the disease.
Director
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Monte Bramer
Department: Writing
⭐Popularity: 0.1
Cast
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Paul Monette
Self
⭐0.1
Linda Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice)
⭐2.0
Judith Light
Self
⭐1.3
Tom Hulce
Self
⭐1.8
Robert Desiderio
Self
⭐1.0
Genres
Documentary
