Gerontophilia
Saturday, May 31st – 3:00pm - FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT.
Sponsored By: ABC10/Azteca America
Co-Presented By: Merrill Lynch
Gerontophilia (2013), Director: Bruce LaBruce, 82min, Canada.
Lake (Pier-Gabriel Lajoie), an eighteen-year-old boy, realizes he has an attraction to elderly men. Working as an orderly in a retirement home, the young man develops a romantic and sexual relationship with Mr. Peabody (Walter Borden), an elderly gentleman who lives at the facility. Mr. Peabody shares romantic stories of youth, life and love while confessing his dream to see the Pacific Ocean one last time. Cult filmmaker, writer and photographer Bruce LaBruce creates a fascinating, heartfelt story about love, age and the taboo of “gerontophilia”.
Both touching and moving, director Casper Andreas (Going Down in La-La Land) creates a beautiful portrait of an aging author mourning the death of his long-term partner. Haunted by visions of his late husband, his daughter attempts to mend their broken relationship while he sorts through the impossible task of finding peace in the wake of a devastating loss.