Outfest 2009: PATRIK, AGE 1.5; BANDAGED, El niño pez
Outfest 2009 hightlights on Wednesday, July 15. Synopses from the Outfest website.
El niño pez / The Fish Child (Wed, Jul 15th 7:15pm, DGA 1)
(France , Spain , Argentina, 2009, 96 mins)
In Spanish with English subtitles
video
Directed By: Lucía Puenzo
SCR: Lucia Puenzo
Writer-director Lucía Puenzo won awards – including two prizes at Cannes – and critical acclaim all over the world for XXY, and now the Argentine filmmaker returns with a lesbian romance that’s also a Chabrol-esque mystery thriller and a scathing examination of class differences in the South American nation.
Lala (Inés Efron, whose performance has inspired comparisons to the early film roles of both Sissy Spacek and Chloë Sevigny), the privileged daughter of a powerful judge, wants to run off with her Paraguayan lover La Guayi (Mariela Vitale), a maid who works for Lala’s family. As the two prepare for their imminent escape from Buenos Aires to Paraguay – to live in a dream house that Lala has already sketched out on paper – Lala’s cruel father is murdered, and circumstantial evidence appears that makes La Guayi look guilty. With the help of the shady Pulido (Carlos Bardem, brother of Javier), will Lala make the ultimate sacrifice for true love? And can the mythical, titular water-child protect these amour fou lesbians? – Alonso Duralde, Feature Film Programmer
INTERNATIONAL DRAMATIC CENTERPIECE RECEPTION: DGA ATRIUM
AFTER-PARTY: BOOBY TRAP @TEMPORARY SPACES, 5100 Fountain Ave (@ Normandie, Los Angeles
Say Hooray to the Pope by Till Penzek, Jon Frickey (top); Butthole Lickin’ by Kanako Wynkoop (middle); Transpoofed by Andrea James (bottom)
Bitches, Buttholes and BFFs (Wed, Jul 15th 7:15pm, FAIRFAX 1)
Shorts
Program Running Time is 84 min
Say Hooray to the Pope! (Sag Ja Zum Papst!)
Directed By: Till Penzek, Jon Frickey
Germany, 2007, 2 min
Why the Pope is good.
Two Classy Ladies
Directed By: Brian Gattas
USA, 2009, 6 min
TJ and Kris decide to answer an ad for hookers… and they get TWO CLASSY LADIES!
Hairbox Thrillers 6
Directed By: Michael Lucid
USA, 2009, 1 min
When Leslie Maloney walks back into Bonanza Richardson’s life, she may not have the best of intentions…
A Day At The Beach
Directed By: Veronique Courtois
USA, 2008, 3 min
Brad and Sally will spend a day at the beach they’ll never forget!
Stop It: Mercedes
Directed By: Mike Rose
USA, 2008, 5 min
Addiction is not funny…okay maybe it is. Mercedes is addicted to wearing the same outfit.
Four Steps
Directed By: Karen Wilkens
USA, 2009, 14 min
A lesbian employs the services of “The Master†to teach her how to harness her gay sixth sense, otherwise known as gaydar.
Bitch.
Directed By: Michael Medico
USA, 2009, 2 min
This character study focuses on Simon, a dried-up trust fund brat who’s trapped in the Party Monster era of the early 90s, and reveals what happens when he spots a familiar face one fateful night at a club.
Hairbox Thrillers 11
Directed By: Michael Lucid
USA, 1 min
A juicy piece of gossip can lead to murder…
Transproofed
Directed By: Andrea James
USA, 2009, 14 min
Friends Ava and Joyce race to hide hints that Ava is transsexual before her unaware date arrives at her over-the-top apartment.
Butthole Lickin‘
Directed By: Kanako Wynkoop
USA, 2008, 5 min
Sometimes lesbian love isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Stop It: Jazen
Directed By: Mike Rose
USA, 2008, 5 min
Addiction is not funny…okay maybe it is. Jazen is addicted to Broadway.
Little BFFs
Directed By: Glenn Gaylord, Steven Corfe
USA, 2009, 5 min
Two children play with their dolls (Miley Cyrus and her BFF Mandy) to explain what ‘Gay’ means in this sick puppet animation calvacade of perversions.
Lushes
Directed By: Ash Christian
USA, 2009, 21 min
Cork & Desi, two of Tinseltown’s most ‘Transtastic’ transplants, are trying to make a name for themselves in the world of Hollywood drag queens. It isn’t until their arch-nemesis, Hollywood’s #1 queen, Basil, sabotages their friendship that they realize they’re meant to be best friends forever and what it takes to create the most talked about drag number the Valley has ever seen.
Patrik, Age 1.5 (Wed, Jul 15th 8:30pm, Ford Amphitheatre)
(Sweden, 2008, 103 mins)
In Swedish with English subtitles
video
Directed By: Ella Lemhagen
SCR: Michael Druker (play), Ella Lemhagen (screenplay)
Gay newlyweds Sven and Goran have it all: great jobs, a new home in the suburbs and the perfect plan to start their own family. The only thing they don’t have is an answer to the bureaucratic mix-up that leaves them with a delinquent teenager instead of a newborn. Featuring lush cinematography and a smorgasbord of slick Swedish design, PATRIK, AGE 1.5 explores the challenges facing same-sex parents with style and humor.
Bandaged (Wed, Jul 15th 9:30pm, FAIRFAX 1)
(Germany, 2009, 92 mins)
video
North America Premiere
Directed By: Maria Beatty
SCR: Claire Menichi
A surgeon and his teenage daughter, Lucille, live in a mysterious mansion equipped with a full laboratory. A suicide attempt leaves Lucille’s face burned and swathed in gauze, and a lady nurse tends to the nubile young woman. The attraction between the two women is palpable, developing into a forbidden affair. A period piece with nods to ’60s European art house horror and a prime candidate for cult film status, BANDAGED is a smoldering and stylish erotic thriller.
The Bro Job (Wed, Jul 15th 9:30pm, DGA 2)
Shorts
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Patrick age 1.5 is very funny and very touching. People shoulld see it. You will not be sorry.