Gerontophilia
Comedies
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1h 22m
Leaving December 1
Directed by Bruce LaBruce | 83 mins | 2013
Working at a nursing home allows 18-year-old Lake (Pier-Gabriel Lajoie) to indulge his burgeoning fetish for much older men. On discovering that the residents are being over-medicated, he takes off with his crush. When it comes to Canadian provocateur Bruce LaBruce, packaging sexual transgression in the trappings of an ostensibly “vanilla” film—one laced with tenderness, humor, and tastefully shot intimate scenes—becomes a transgressive act in itself.
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