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Brokeback Mountain

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sohoplace · London

Two young men take isolated jobs on a Wyoming mountain in 1963 and find themselves drawn into a love neither expected.

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The story

Ennis and Jack meet while working on isolated Brokeback Mountain in rural Wyoming. In a conservative world shaped by poverty and narrow expectations, their relationship deepens into a hidden love that stretches across twenty years, forcing both men to negotiate lives that leave little room for what they feel.

In the room

A tragic romance threaded with Country and Western songs, spanning two decades while keeping its focus on secrecy, longing and the pressures of a conservative rural world.

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hidden romances, rural American settings, long-spanning relationships and Country and Western music.

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From 10 May 2023

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