The Man Without a Face

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by Isabelle Holland

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What are the LGBT+ themes? I vaguely recall the movie as a child - I don't recall anything LGBT+ about the movie. The summery on here only points to a possible "thing" between the man and the boy. Please tell me it's not paedophilia?
Tiffany Reynolds I don't think of this as an LGBT title, although there is a sexually ambiguous scene near the end. (When I was 14, on my first read, I didn't have a c…moreI don't think of this as an LGBT title, although there is a sexually ambiguous scene near the end. (When I was 14, on my first read, I didn't have a clue what happened.) Charles, an isolated teenager without a father, goes to Macleod for tutoring and ends up feeling genuine affection for him, which at times feels sexual. The story seemed neither perverted nor scandalous to me.

The movie removed any and all sexual ambiguity; that's why you don't remember it.(less)
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