Akron
Love now.
Synopsis
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.
Main Cast
Matthew Frias
Benny Cruz
Edmund Donovan
Christopher Welling
Andréa Burns
Lenora Cruz
Amy da Luz
Carol Welling
Joseph Melendez
David Cruz
Isabel Rose Machado
Becca Cruz
Cailan Rose
Julie
Trailer
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
A gentle romance based on a slightly far-fetched premiss. Two young men become friends after a game of mud ball; their relationship blossoms until they go on a trip together and discover a shared tragedy in their past that tests the relationships with themselves and their families. It's a low-budget affair; decent enough performances from the two leads - Edmund Donovan and Matthew Frias - but don't expect anything too substantial. Maybe that's why it works - it is a movie about love (not necessarily gay love) without the usual drug use, effing and blinding and nudity. The "daytime" television feel is maybe what makes the film more remarkable - it's all just so ordinary as to treat same-sex attraction as routine - and that's no bad thing.
