Zero Patience

Sep 10, 1993

1h 40m

★ 5.8

Sodomy ain’t so symbolic. Your rectum ain’t a grave.

Overview

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".

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Science Fiction

Music

Zero Patience Trailers

Cast

Sir Richard Francis Burton

John Robinson

Zero

Norman Fauteux

Mary

Dianne Heatherington

George

Richardo Keens-Douglas

Maman

Charlotte Boisjoli

Dr Cheng

Brenda Kamino

Miss HIV

Michael Callen

African Green Monkey

Marla Lukofsky

Ray

Von Flores

Michael

Scott Hurst

Ross

Duncan McIntosh

Barry

Cassel Miles

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