Hard Pill

Thursday 3rd December

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Rounding off the 2009 Rainbow Film Festival is Hard Pill: "Provocative... taut and well observed" - Variety

Would you turn to the other side if all it took was a single pill? Tim is gay, single, and desperately lonely. In a last-ditch attempt to find happiness, he volunteers for a controversial pharmaceutical study for a wonderdrug that turns gay men straight. When he meets Tanya, they embark on a whirlwind romance. It is all looking promising until the effects of the drug start to wear off... Intriguing and humorous, 'Hard Pill' has been a hit at film festivals around the world.

"I started watching this movie while sitting one evening channel surfing. It caught my interest...and, at the end I said, WOW! I very seldom say WOW to a movie! There was laughter and there were tears. That is pretty rare in a movie these days" IMDb

"Baumgartner's superb story offers a lot to viewers beyond just the visual story and fine performances from the cast. Musings about the effects of chemical personalities are as relevant to the real world as they are in Hard Pill speculative Los Angeles. The gradation of sexuality is a path rarely explored but it's done well here with the help of not only a graphic, but a healthy dose of remarkably non-exploitive skin. Throw in a brief yet profound argument for gay marriage and you've got yourself one hell of a movie. Enjoy" IMDb