Cure for Love (2008)

There's a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to ... See full summary »

Directors:

Francine Pelletier, Christina Willings (co-director)

Writer:

Christina Willings

Storyline

There's a bride, a groom and the usual happy crowd of well-wishers. But this is no ordinary wedding. Ana and Brian are adherents to a controversial evangelical movement that purports to convert gay people into heterosexuals. Cure for Love goes inside this unusual Christian subculture and follows the lives of several gay young people.

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Plot Keywords:

reparative therapy | lesbian | homosexuality | gay | exodus | 

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 May 2008 (Canada)

Filming Locations:

Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD391,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Earth to Sky Pictures, National Film Board of Canada (NFB), National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Color (NTSC Color)

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

Down in the River
Traditional
Performed by Christina Willings

User Reviews

The previous reviewer completely misunderstood the film

This film beautifully and excruciatingly shows the tortured thinking of gays and lesbians trapped inside the now de-bunked 'reparative therapy' movement.

The film was designed to make viewers feel disturbed, revolted, outraged - so in that sense the previous reviewer had it right.

The filmmakers managed to get unprecedented access to a notoriously paranoid community, and shed much needed light on the damage that was being done within it.

Instead of using a heavy and condemning hand - adding to damage already done - by betraying its subjects, the film used restraint and simply turned the camera on the lunacy - letting the painful contortions of its participants speak for themselves.

Very well done.