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Carandiru (2003)
, 2h26Directed by Héctor Babenco
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Rodrigo Santoro, Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos, Caio Blat, Milton Gonçalves, Lázaro Ramos, Aílton Graça
This episodic story is set in São Paulo's notorious prison Carandiru, one of Latin America's largest and most violent prison systems.
BPM (Beats per Minute) (2017)
, 2h20Directed by Robin Campillo
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine Reinartz, Félix Maritaud, Coralie Russier
Au début des années 1990, le sida se propage depuis près de dix ans. Les militants d'Act Up-Paris s’activent pour lutter contre l'indifférence générale. Au cours des « R.H. » (réunions hebdomadaires menées par deux médiateurs se chargeant de donner les tours de paroles) se décident les actions pour que soient mises en œuvre les trithérapies pour les malades atteints du sida, spécialement les « zaps » (irruption au siège du laboratoire pharmaceutique Melton Pharm, aspersions de faux-sang, notamment contre le directeur de l'Agence française de lutte contre le sida), les die-in, les distributions de préservatifs et de brochures d'information dans les lycées, les tracts dont chaque slogan provocateur est débattu et approuvé par l’assemblée. Les scènes militantes alternent avec les scènes de fête dans lesquelles les militants dansent au son de la house, leur énergie sur la piste faisant s'élever au-dessus d'eux la poussière qui se transforme « en molécules et virus se multipliant et se contaminant ».
Longtime Companion (1989)
, 1h36Directed by Norman René
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Campbell Scott, Bruce Davison, Mary-Louise Parker, Patrick Cassidy, John Dossett, Stephen Caffrey
Longtime Companion chronicles the first years of the AIDS epidemic as seen through its impact on several gay men and the straight sister of one of them. The film is split into several sections identified by dates.
Peter's Friends (1992)
, 1h41Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Stephen Fry, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, Tony Slattery
It is New Year's weekend and the friends of Peter (Fry) gather at his newly inherited country house. Ten years ago, they all acted together in a Cambridge University student comedy troupe. Since then they have gone in different directions and various career paths.
Jeffrey (1995)
, 1h32Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Steven Weber, Michael T. Weiss, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Batt, Sigourney Weaver, Kathy Najimy
The story takes place in Manhattan during the height of the AIDS epidemic and revolves around the title character (Steven Weber), a gay man who has sworn off sex because of it. Almost immediately thereafter he meets Steve (Michael T. Weiss), a hunky, charming HIV positive man. He then experiences an emotional conflict as he must face his fear in order to accept love, often breaking the fourth wall to do so.
Art School Confidential (2006)
, 1h42Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Medical-themed films, Peinture, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about the visual arts, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Anjelica Huston, Jim Broadbent, Matt Keeslar
Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, young Jerome pursues his true obsession to art school. Jerome enrolls in Strathmore, an urban college. His roommates are aspiring filmmaker Vince and closeted-gay fashion major Matthew. Jerome looks for love amongst the coeds, but is turned off by them all, before falling in love with the art model, Audrey. In his art classes, he forms a friendship with perennial loser, Bardo, who guides him through the college scene and introduces him to a failed artist, Jimmy, a belligerent drunk.
The Witnesses (2007)
, 1h52Directed by André Téchiné
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Aviation films, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Michel Blanc, Emmanuelle Béart, Sami Bouajila, Julie Depardieu, Johan Libéreau, Constance Dollé
It is the summer of 1984 in Paris. Sarah, a well-to-do writer of children’s books, and her working-class husband, Mehdi, an inspector of North African descent, are confronting some marital problems after the recent arrival of their first child. Sarah, stumbling over a bout of writer's block, has little maternal instinct towards their newborn baby, whose cries she tunes out with earplugs while she works. Her husband despairs when she neglects the child, does what he can to fill in, and sometimes parks the child with his parents. The couple have an open marriage and both are allowed to take outside lovers in a “don’t ask, don’t tell” arrangement that seems to work, although not without tensions.
Love! Valour! Compassion! (1997)
, 1h48Directed by Joe Mantello
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Jason Alexander, Stephen Pinella, Stephen Bogardus, John Benjamin Hickey, Justin Kirk, John Glover
The story of eight male friends who spend the three major holiday weekends of one summer - Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, and Labor Day - together at a house in upstate New York. The house belongs to Gregory, a successful Broadway choreographer now approaching middle age, who fears he is losing his creativity; and his twenty-something lover Bobby, a legal assistant who is blind. Each of the guests at their house is connected to Gregory’s work in one way or another - Arthur and longtime partner Perry are business consultants; John Jeckyll, a sour and promiscuous Englishman, is a dance accompanist; die-hard musical theater fanatic Buzz Hauser is a costume designer and the most stereotypically gay man in the group. Only John's summer lover Ramon and John's twin brother James are outside the circle of friends. But Ramon is outgoing and eventually makes a place for himself in the group, and James is such a gentle soul that he is quickly welcomed. Infidelity, flirtations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling, and skinny-dipping mix monumental questions about life and death with a wacky dress rehearsal for Swan Lake performed in drag.
One Night Stand (1997)
, 1h42Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Wesley Snipes, Nastassja Kinski, Kyle MacLachlan, Ming-Na Wen, Robert Downey Jr., Marcus T. Paulk
The film is narrated by Max Carlyle (Wesley Snipes). Max lives in Los Angeles, where he has a successful career directing television commercials and is happily married to Mimi (Ming-Na), with whom he has two children. While visiting New York City, Max meets Karen (Nastassja Kinski) by chance after missing a flight; circumstances keep bringing them together over the course of the evening, and they end up spending the night together. When he returns home, Max seems distant and unhappy, though Mimi can't tell why and Max won't say. A year later, Max and Mimi fly to New York to visit his close friend Charlie (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is near death from AIDS. Max meets Charlie's brother Vernon (Kyle MacLachlan) and is introduced to his new wife—Karen. Facing Karen sends Max into an emotional tailspin, and he realizes that he must tell Mimi the truth about his indiscretion.
The Cure (1995)
, 1h37Directed by Peter Horton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Buddy films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Brad Renfro, Joseph Mazzello, Diana Scarwid, Annabella Sciorra, Bruce Davison, Nicky Katt
Set in a small town of Stillwater, Minnesota, Erik (Brad Renfro) is an adolescent loner with an emotionally abusive and neglectful and selfish workaholic mother, Gail (Diana Scarwid) who hardly spends time with him. His father, who treated Erik considerably better than his mother, died a couple years prior. Dexter (Joseph Mazzello), who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion, is Erik's neighbor. Initially, Erik is put off by Dexter, but the two soon become good friends despite their differences. Erik seeks a family in Dexter and his congenial mother, Linda (Annabella Sciorra), due to his strained relationship with Gail, but keeps the friendship a secret from her, knowing that she won't approve.
Love Phobia (2006)
, 1h57Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Kang Hye-jeong, Jo Seung-woo, Park Shin-hye, Park Gun-tae, Jung Jin-young, Kang Shin-il
One sunny day, a young boy named Jo-kang meets a curious young girl dressed in a bright yellow raincoat. She tells everyone in school that she is an alien and whomever she touches will be harmed. Everyone in that school becomes afraid of her, except Jo-kang. Jo-kang befriends the girl, Ari, and falls instantly in love with her. The quirky Ari loves telling Jo-kang stories, and he believes everything she says and is willing to do anything for her. After he and Ari huddle together beneath her yellow raincoat one rainy day, Jo-kang becomes sick with measles. Soon afterwards, she disappears.
Blue (1993)
, 1h19Directed by Derek Jarman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Documentary, Musical
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Nigel Terry, Derek Jarman, Tilda Swinton
Un écran uniformément bleu. En voix off, des comédiens disent des poèmes et des textes tandis que Derek Jarman lit le journal intime de sa maladie, décrit les traitements contre le sida, cite la presse…
Sorry Angel (2018)
, 2h12Directed by Christophe Honoré
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydès, Clément Métayer, Marlène Saldana, Sophie Letourneur
Été 1993 : Arthur (Vincent Lacoste), étudiant à Rennes, rencontre Jacques (Pierre Deladonchamps), écrivain qui vit à Paris avec son fils. Ils se plaisent, s’aiment et, pour Jacques, il faut vite profiter de leur amour avant de…
, 1h37Directed by Michael Mayer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, Sida et LGBT, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Colin Farrell, Robin Wright, Ryan Donowho, Dallas Roberts, Sissy Spacek, Asia Vieira
Enfant, Bobby Morrow perd successivement son frère en 1967, sa mère en 1973 et son père en 1974. Il est recueilli par la famille de son camarade de classe Jonathan Glover. Bobby et Jonathan entretiennent des relations intimes, puis Jonathan part à l'université de New York tandis que Bobby reste chez les parents de Jonathan dans la banlieue de Cleveland et il devient boulanger. Lorsque les parents de Jonathan partent pour Phoenix en 1982, Bobby rejoint Jonathan qui vit dans l'East Village avec Claire. Claire aime Jonathan et veut un enfant, Jonathan est homosexuel et passe son temps dehors. Finalement Claire tombe amoureuse de Bobby qui est autant attiré par Jonathan que par Claire. À la mort de Ned, le père de Jonathan, le trio se retrouve pour l'enterrement à Phoenix et Claire annonce qu'elle est enceinte. Sur le chemin du retour, elle achète une maison perdue dans la nature à Woodstock où ils s'installent tous les trois. Tandis que Claire élève sa fille Rebecca, Bobby et Jonathan ouvrent un café. Jonathan est atteint de la maladie de Kaposi, Claire vit mal l'intimité de Bobby et Jonathan. Finalement elle quitte la maison au bout du monde avec sa fille pour visiter sa mère à Philadelphie. Bobby et Jonathan comprennent qu'elle ne reviendra pas.
The Living End (1992)
, 1h32Directed by Gregg Araki
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Road movies, LGBT-related films, HIV/AIDS in film, LGBT-related film
Actors Craig Gilmore, Mary Woronov, Paul Bartel
Luke is a restless and reckless drifter and Jon is a relatively timid and pessimistic film critic. Both are gay and HIV positive. After an unconventional meeting, and after Luke kills a homophobic police officer, they go on a road trip with the motto "Fuck everything."