A lesbian couple escape from their nursing home and head up to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker.
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| Olympia Dukakis | ... | Stella | |
| Brenda Fricker | ... | Dot | |
| Kristin Booth | ... | Molly | |
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Michael McPhee | ... | Tommy |
| Mary-Colin Chisholm | ... | Ynez | |
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Stephen Arnold | ... | Earl (as Steve Arnold) |
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Juanita Peters | ... | Nurse |
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Ruth Owen | ... | Nursing Home Resident |
| Ryan Doucette | ... | Prentice | |
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Michael Best | ... | Hotel Clerk |
| Trina Corkum | ... | Waitress | |
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Mark A. Owen | ... | Border Patrol (as Mark Owen) |
| John Dunsworth | ... | Arnold | |
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John Beale | ... | Border Patrol |
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Wanda Arab | ... | Border Patrol |
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A lesbian couple escape from their nursing home and head up to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker.
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male frontal nudity | lesbian | male nudity | road movie | lesbian marriage |Parents Guide:
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Dot: Flock?
Stella: That's what they call us when we're in a group; a gaggle of gays, a flock of lesbians. Like in nature.
Dot: Stella, are you proposing to me?
Stella: Maybe.
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Written by Jay Brannan
Performed by Jay Brannan
Recorded by Drew Brody
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The film is an adaptation of the 2010 stage play of the same name by Thom Fitzgerald, who did his own adaptation for the screen. See more »Quotes
Stella: Y'know, I saw this TV show: Rosie O'Donnell took a bunch of dykes on a cruise to Nova Scotia, then this flock of lesbians got married there.Dot: Flock?
Stella: That's what they call us when we're in a group; a gaggle of gays, a flock of lesbians. Like in nature.
Dot: Stella, are you proposing to me?
Stella: Maybe.
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My Love, My LoveWritten by Jay Brannan
Performed by Jay Brannan
Recorded by Drew Brody
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Former Official site - no longer active as of January 2017 | Producer's Official Facebook - still active as of January 2017Language:
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16 September 2011 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
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Cloudburst is a 2011 Canadian-American adventure comedy-drama film by American-Canadian writer and director Thom Fitzgerald. This hilarious foul-mouthed, lesbian road movie co-stars Oscar (R)- winning actresses Brenda Fricker and Olympia Dukakis as Dot and Stella, a crackerjack lesbian couple on the run from a nursing home. You'll laugh so hard you'll cry. Stella and Dot have been together for 31 years and have faithfully accompanied one another through life's ups and downs. Now in their seventies, Stella is hard of hearing and Dot is legally blind. Dotty's prudish granddaughter, Molly (played by Genie Award-winner Kristin Booth), decides the best place for Dot is a nursing home that will provide all the necessities. This forces Stella and Dot to make a bold decision: they will leave their hometown and make their way to Canada, where same-sex marriage is legal. It's a last-gap bid to stay together. En route to Canada, they pick up a young hitchhiker, Prentice, played by newcomer Ryan Doucette. A small-town boy turned modern dancer, he is returning to Nova Scotia to visit his dying mother. Despite his bravado, Prentice is a confused and wounded soul who has much to learn from Stella and Dot as they wage their own unexpected battle - after three decades, can they keep their family together? One of the most sweetest love story which will bring tears n smile in the same time.