Fantasy ·Drama ·Science Fiction ·Music · Canada · 1993 · 1h 40m

Zero Patience

Director

Cast

John Robinson as Sir Richard Francis Burton Norman Fauteux as Zero Dianne Heatherington as Mary Richardo Keens-Douglas as George Charlotte Boisjoli as Maman Brenda Kamino as Dr Cheng

Crew

Mirosław Baszak — Director of Photography Miume Jan — Editor Glenn Schellenberg — Original Music Composer John Greyson — Writer Anna Stratton — Producer Louise Garfield — Producer

Tagline

Sodomy ain’t so symbolic. Your rectum ain’t a grave.

Synopsis

The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton, who drank from the Fountain of Youth and now works as Chief Taxidermist at the Toronto Natural history Museum, is trying to organise an exhibition about the disease for the museum's "Hall of Contagion".

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