

Whole New Thing
2005-09-15 · 92 min · ★ 5.8
Socially isolated by his parents, an androgynous teen enrolls in high school and develops a crush on his male teacher.
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- Directors
- Amnon Buchbinder
- Production companies
- Acuity Pictures Production, Picture This! Entertainment, Palpable Productions
- Countries
- Canada
- Status
- Released
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Aaron WebberEmerson
Rebecca JenkinsKaya
Robert JoyRog
Daniel MacIvorDon Grant
Callum Keith RennieDenny
Hugh ThompsonClaude
Kathryn MacLellanMs. McPherson
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