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The story of several friends in New York City facing financial poverty, homophobia, AIDS, and, of course, rent.


“Sodomy ain’t so symbolic. Your rectum ain’t a grave.”
The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton, who drank from the Fountain of Youth and now works as Chief Taxidermist at the Toronto Natural history Museum, is trying to organise an exhibition about the disease for the museum's "Hall of Contagion".
John Robinson
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Norman Fauteux
Zero
Dianne Heatherington
Mary
Richardo Keens-Douglas
George

Charlotte Boisjoli
Maman

Brenda Kamino
Dr Cheng

Michael Callen
Miss HIV
Marla Lukofsky
African Green Monkey

Von Flores
Ray
Scott Hurst
Michael
Zero Patience is a fantasy, drama, science fiction, music film released in 1993 exploring themes of aids, musical, science fiction. Directed by John Greyson, it stars John Robinson, Norman Fauteux, Dianne Heatherington. The ghost of "patient zero", who allegedly first brought AIDS to North America - materialises and tries to contact old friends. Meanwhile, the Victorian explorer Sir Richard Burton, who drank from the Fountain of Youth and now works as Chief Taxidermist at the Toronto Natural history Museum, is trying to organise an exhibition about the disease for the museum's "Hall of Contagion".
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