Gerontophilia (film)
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| Directed by | Bruce LaBruce |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2.0 million |
Gerontophilia is a film by Canadian director Bruce LaBruce, scheduled for release in 2013.[1] It was screened in the Vanguard section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]
Described as a gay Harold and Maude,[1] the film stars Pier-Gabriel Lajoie as Lake, a young man who takes a job in a nursing home and develops a romantic and sexual attraction to Mr. Peabody (Walter Borden), a senior citizen resident in the facility. Unlike most of LaBruce's earlier films, Gerontophilia is not sexually explicit; instead, LaBruce chose to adapt his traditional themes of sexual taboo into a film more palatable to a mainstream audience.[3]
The film received funding from both Telefilm Canada and SODEC,[1] as well as a crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo.[4] The screenplay was written by LaBruce and novelist Daniel Allen Cox.
References
- ^ a b c "Bruce LaBruce's 'Gerontophilia' to Shoot This Summer Canada-Wide". The Hollywood Reporter, May 22, 2012.
- ^ "Gerontophilia". TIFF. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
- ^ "Marie-Hélène Thibault et Pier-Gabriel Lajoie dans «Gerontophilia», un film de Bruce LaBruce tourné à Montréal". Huffington Post, December 19, 2012.
- ^ "Bruce LaBruce Wants Help to Make 'Gerontophilia'". Out, December 19, 2012.
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