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Impure Thoughts

Impure Thoughts

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 25, 1986

Runtime

1h 27m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

36%

Original Title

Impure Thoughts

Director

Michael A. Simpson

Description

Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. However, the meeting place is Purgatory, the afterlife state of limbo between heaven and hell. In Purgatory, these friends reflect on their pasts while they were living. They especially focus on their years in Catholic School and their coming of age. This film talks a lot about sexual issues. One of the characters is an 18-year old sent to Vietnam who dies without ever losing his virginity and there is a middle-aged, homosexual alcoholic playwright who has still has problems dealing with his identity.