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Parting Glances is an American film released in 1986. Due to its realistic look at urban gay life in the 1980s, many film critics consider it an important movie in the history of gay cinema.

The story revolves around a gay male couple, Robert and Michael, who are in their late twenties and live in New York City. Robert (John Bolger) is about to leave on a months-long work assignment in Africa while his partner Michael (Richard Ganoung) stays behind. Michael's longtime friend Nick (Steve Buscemi), for whom Michael cooks meals, looks after, and has been secretly in love with, has AIDS.

Parting Glances takes place during a two-day period, with many of the scenes at a farewell party for Robert hosted by the couple's friend Joan (Kathy Kinney) and at a dinner party hosted by Robert's employer Cecil (Patrick Tull) and his wife Betty (Yolande Bavan); the two have an unconventional marriage.

While classified as a drama, the film also contains many comedic moments. Critics have praised the movie's witty, realistic dialogue and detailed evocation of gay and gay-friendly urbanites in 1980s Manhattan. Parting Glances was also one of the first motion pictures to deal frankly and realistically with the subject of AIDS and the impact of the then relatively-new disease on the gay community.

The role of Nick in Parting Glances was Steve Buscemi's first major movie role in a relatively widely-released film.

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