Gerontophilia
2013 · Movie · NR · 90 min · ★ 6.0 · 49% critics
A young man in a conventional relationship starts questioning his desires and takes a job at a care home, where he forms an intimate bond with a much older resident. The film explores taboo attraction, loneliness, and the search for connection with sensitivity and dark humor.
Also known as Gérontophilie
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Streaming on Strand Releasing.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-08-28
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Critic score
- 49/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (87 votes)
About
You may like this if you’re open to unconventional romances handled with tenderness and humor, especially if titles like My Old Lady appeal to you; Not for you if taboo age-gap themes are a hard stop.
Pros: compassionate approach; unusual love story; warm, human tone | Cons: uneven acting; awkward dialogue; challenging subject matter
Themes
- age difference
- bisexuality
- nursing home
- older man younger man relationship
- elderly man
- gay theme
- sexual fetish
Cast & crew
Pier-Gabriel Lajoie
as Lake
Walter Borden
as Mr. Peabody
Katie Boland
as Désirée
Yardly Kavanagh
as Nurse Batiste
Marie-Hélène Thibault
as Marie
Shawn Campbell
as Bradley Nelson
Jean-Alexandre Létourneau
as Kevin
- DW
Dana Wright
as Dina
Brian D. Wright
as Mr. Guerrero
Nastassia Markiewicz
as Cashier
Directed by Bruce LaBruce