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1991 | Color | 1h 25

The Poison in question is sex, and its toxic effects are explored in three segments: ?Hero? is a pseudo-documentary about a seven-year- old boy who shoots his father and then ascends into the sky. ?Horror? is a mad-scientist story filmed like a Roger Corman ?B?-movie. The scientist in question has managed to distill the essence of the human sex drive into a test tube. When he inadvertently drinks it, he turns into a leprous monster, terrorizing the city. ?Homo? is a gay love story set in a prison.


Country: Estados Unidos
Direction: Haynes; Todd
Script: Haynes; Todd, Genet;Jean
Production: Vachon; Christine, Schamus; James, Greenbaum; Brian
Photography: Ellsworth; Barry, Alberti; Maryse
Sound: Ellen Porto; Mary
Music: Bennett; James
Cast:Meeks; Edith, White; Millie, Smith; Buck, Giotta; Anne, Lafleur; Lydia, Nemser; Ian, Labelle; Rob, Dunsky; Evan, Lutz; Marina, Cassidy; Barry, Anthony; Richard, M Schreiber; Angela, Silverstein; Justin, Sing; Chris
Participation year at FICM: 2008

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