The film is an intriguing blend of musical, melodrama, documentary, and fantasy, exploring the social and individual challenges of AIDS. Sir Richard Burton is a Victorian scholar and adventurer who has survived to this day thanks to his secret discovery of the Fountain of Youth. While working for the Toronto Museum of Natural History, Burton, while organizing an exhibition on history's great epidemics, seeks to demonstrate that the origins of HIV lie in Canadian society.
While working for the Toronto Museum of Natural History, Burton, while organizing an exhibition on history's great epidemics, seeks to demonstrate that the origins of HIV lie in Canadian society. Fearing defamation, the ghost of Patient Zero, a French-Canadian flight attendant accused of being the first person to bring the virus to North America, appears to Burton and forces him to rethink his ideas and his account of the facts. From this incredible premise, an investigation into the various opinions surrounding AIDS/HIV begins, enriched with fantastical sequences and exhilarating musical numbers.
As part of the VIVONO film programme, the evening features consecutive screenings of Fear of Disclosure (1989, 5’) and Zero Patience (1993, 100’). The two films will be screened one after the other, starting at 9:00 pm and 9:05 pm, and are included in a single ticket.
Full ticket: €6 / Reduced ticket: €5.
