Zerophilia
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Directed by | Martin Curland |
Produced by | Gregory Lanesey Matt Radecki Martin Curland Alan Grossbard Jay Whitney Brown |
Written by | Martin Curland |
Starring | Taylor Handley Gina Bellman Kyle Schmid Kelly LeBrock (cameo) |
Music by | Kevin McDaniels Edie Pijpers |
Cinematography | Graham Futerfas |
Distributed by | TLA Releasing Allumination Filmworks Microangelo Ent. |
Release date(s) | October 13, 2006 |
Running time | 90 min. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $325,000 |
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Zerophilia is a romantic comedy film with speculative-fiction elements directed by Motion Pictures' Student Academy Award winning director Martin Curland and produced by Microangelo Entertainment. It is about a young man who discovers that he has a genetic condition which causes him to change gender when he's aroused.
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[edit] Plot
"Zerophilia" is a fictional condition affecting less than 1000 people in the world, who have an extra "Z" chromosome. Following their first experience of sexual intercourse, zerophiliacs begin to change gender whenever they are sexually aroused. Luke (Taylor Handley), a young man who is somewhat insecure about his masculinity, begins to exhibit zerophilia following a sexual encounter with a strange woman (Kelly LeBrock). He meets a young woman Michelle (Rebecca Mozo) and experiences partial transformations when they go out together.
He confides about his partial transformations to his best friend Keenan (Dustin Seavey), who contacts Sydney (Gina Bellman), a zerophilia specialist from out of town. Sydney persuades Luke to go through with the transformation, which he accomplishes through masturbation. However, "Luca" is unable to achieve an orgasm to change back, even with coaching from Keenan's girlfriend Janine (Alison Folland). After a visit by Michelle's brother Max (Kyle Schmid), who flirts with "Luke's cousin", and whom she watches from the bedroom as he leaves, she succeeds.
Luke is confused by his feelings about his gender and his sexual feelings, and seeks help from Sydney. She tells him that a zerophiliac can become "amorphic" and stop changing gender only by having sex with another zerophiliac... such as herself. He agrees, but discovers afterward that she wasn't telling him the full truth: an amorphic zerophiliac can still change by having sex with another zerophiliac, and she was using him to change one last time back into a man, leaving Luca as a woman.
Between Luke's efforts to keep Michelle at a distance, Max's defensiveness about his sister, Luca's half-hearted resistance to Max's affections, and Luke's confused aggression toward Max, the two "families" have become hostile to each other. When Michelle discovers that Luke had sex with Sydney, she reveals that she knows about Luca being Luke and storms off, feeling betrayed. The next day Luca goes to the garage looking for Michelle, but only finds Max there. Max is touched by her apology, and reveals that he is actually Michelle. They have sex, thereafter changing gender only as a couple, alternating as Luke and Michelle, and Luca and Max.
[edit] Cast
- Taylor Handley - Luke
- Kyle Schmid - Max
- Alison Folland - Janine
- Gina Bellman - Sydney (female)
- Marieh Delfino - Luca
- Dustin Seavey - Keenan
- Rebecca Mozo - Michelle
- Kelly LeBrock - the mysterious woman who deflowers Luke
[edit] Release
The film was released on October 13, 2006 in North America. It was released on DVD in February 2007.
The screenplay can be found on The International Movie Screenplay Database, http://www.imsdb.com
[edit] External links
- Zerophilia at the Internet Movie Database
- REVIEW - New York Times (October 13, 2006, New York Times)
- REVIEW - Variety (November 6, 2006, Variety)
- REVIEW - Slant Magazine (2006, Slant Magazine)
- REVIEW - Insight News (February 19, 2007, Insight News)