Review of Gerontophilia (2013) by Bob E — 19 Feb 2014
Gerontophilia is an amazing and unique movie about a secret world of love and aging in the gay world. Lake, brilliantly played by Pier-Gabriel Lajoie, is an 18-year old boy who takes a summer job as an orderly at a Montreal nursing home where his mother works.
While working there, Luke finds himself sexually and emotionally attracted to elderly men. He is especially enthralled by an 81-year old black man named Mr. Peabody (sensitively played by Walter Borden), and he falls in love with him.
Lake comes to discover that Mr. Peabody is being given psychotropic drugs to keep him in a catatonic state to prevent him from being troublesome at nursing home. He arranges for Mr. Peabody's escape and the two take a trip across the country to fulfill Mr.
Peabody's last wish - to see the Pacific Ocean. Along the way, Lake gets closer to Mr. Peabody, even to the point of extreme jealousy. But a surprise turn comes along that changes everything. Once of the best movies of the gay genre I have seen in years.
This review of Gerontophilia (2013) was written by Bob E on 19 Feb 2014.
Gerontophilia has generally received mixed reviews.
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