"Teenaged Naim has just moved to a small, isolated town where his young, single mother has enmeshed herself in the conservative, Christian community. At school, Naim largely keeps to himself, but after hours he sneaks off with his classmate Ryan as the two explore abandoned factories, roughhouse, and slowly but surely come to realize their feelings for one another."
"When he spies Ryan kissing the pastor's son, jealousy drives him to tattle to the latter's parents. Though they respond calmly, Naim's terrified to find that soon the two boys are being subjected to a mysterious ritual at church, one meant to expel their 'demons' that leaves them both convulsing on the ground."
"As we come to learn, this dark practice is a effectively a supernatural form of conversion therapy, one that causes its subjects to be stalked by a malevolent spirit that only they can see—appearing to them in the form of the person they most desire."
Leviticus follows teenager Naim, who moves to a conservative town with his mother. He develops feelings for classmate Ryan, but jealousy leads him to reveal Ryan's secret. This results in both boys being subjected to a church ritual intended to expel their 'demons,' which is a form of conversion therapy. The ritual introduces a malevolent spirit that complicates Naim's feelings for Ryan, as he struggles to discern reality from the supernatural. The film presents a stark representation of the queer experience without relying on metaphor.
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