Boys In The Trees
- director: Nicholas Verso
- actor: Gulliver McGrath Justin Holborow Mitzi Ruhlmann Toby Wallace
- writer: Nicholas Verso
Synopsis:
Dazzling, spooky, and emotionally rich, the feature debut from Australian director Nicholas Verso is a unique coming-of-age tale about teenage former friends whose all-night trek one fateful Halloween night becomes half descent into old fears and nightmares, half reckoning with the future. [Synopsis courtesy of Toronto International Film Festival]
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