Zero Patience (1993)

100 min · LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, Musical, fantasy film, musical film

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Directors

John Greyson

Cast

John Robinson, Normand Fauteux, Dianne Heatherington, Richardo Keens-Douglas, Michael Callen, Marla Lukofsky

The story

Victorian adventurer and sexologist Sir Richard Francis Burton (John Robinson), following an "unfortunate encounter" with the Fountain of Youth in 1892, is 170 years old and living in Toronto, Canada. Burton, now living and working as the chief taxidermist at a museum of natural history, is searching for a centerpiece display for an exhibit in his Hall of Contagion. He comes up with the idea of featuring AIDS and the Patient Zero hypothesis.

Catalogue themes and tags

AIDS, Anal Sex, Anthropologie, Dampfbad, Ethologist, Gay, Gay Kiss, HIV-positive, Homosexuality, Krankheit, Male Nudity, Mother, Schwimmbad, Seuche, Slander campaign, Smoking, Strenger Lehrer, Wissenschaftlerin, Wrongly accused, sexy, LGBT, Heavenly Comedy, Indie, Musical, Gay Interest, Fantasy, Comedy, Gay Themed, Drama

Genres

LGBTQ-related film, Melodrama, Musical, fantasy film, musical film

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