Plot Summary:AKA is the story of a disaffected youth's search for love, status, and identity in late 1970s Britain. 18-year old Dean is handsome and bright, but feels hampered by his working-class background and by his family. In order to make something of himself, Dean assumes another identity and manages to enter high society. As he navigates this decadent new world, he meets a host of characters, including David, an older gay man who desires him, and Benjamin, a young hustler from Texas who has also managed to find a place among the aristocracy. Can Dean find love while living a lie? How much is he willing to sacrifice in order to pull off his charade? Presented through three simultaneous frames rather than one.
来自蓝领阶级家庭的少年,为了摆脱家庭桎梏与父亲的性侵害而远走法国,冒名社交名媛之子进入上流社交圈,人见人爱的他在这个圈子中如鱼得水,但他也渐渐看尽这些有钱人夜夜笙歌、纸醉金迷的糜烂面。身份愈来愈模糊的他终将透露自己的真实身份…大胆而巧妙地运用三格分割画面的美学,叙述叛逆青春对于自我认同与爱情的追寻,在迈阿密、西雅图、蒙特娄、哥本哈根等同志影展得奖无数。