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our film opens Rain is the star of the local music conservatory — a big fish in a small pond When
a starmaking role idealistic naïve tenor strong singeractor
Timothée Chalamet Aaron Tveit Alex Sharp James Onstad New Discovery
Raised in the wilds of New Mexico by freespirited earthloving moms Rain spends his youth in a progressive bubble naïve to the troubles that plague America At the age of he sees his first opera LA TRAVIATA and his romantic heart finds validation on the operatic stage Despite his mothers’ view of opera as the ‘whiteman’ music of the colonialists Rain’s interest leads to passion and dedication
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he moves to New York he discovers that he’s actually a very small opera singer in an overwhelming city While Rain rebels against his liberal parents by seeking a structured path in opera his journey is anything but Rain’s sexual awakening transcends the binary label of gay and straight In a world that constantly requires a definition Rain’s identity uproots the conversation entirely In the end Rain’s rebellion against his liberal parents becomes the seed to his own selfdiscovery Rain may not become the opera singer of his dreams but he certainly finds his voice
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