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Heart Breaks Open

Country: USA, Language: English, 81 mins

  • Director: William Maria Rain
  • Writer: Maximillian Davis; Qwo-Li Driskill
  • Producer: Brian Peters; Basil Shadid

CGiii Comment

So...the first 10 or so minutes is an HIV test...did it really need to go on that long?!?

Hold on a minute...every scene goes on for too long!!! The counselor interview...one ridiculous questions would have sufficed...move on...don't insult your audience by spelling everything out.

That infidelious confrontation scene...do people really do that?!? Not on this or any other planet.

Comic relief/sagacious wit is provided by those perpetually-indulged Sisters...only they know why they exist.

This has all the failings of a film that stars the writer...it's an ill-devised showreel. As for the poetry...long way to go.

The direction: what direction? The star/writer had it all mapped out...big mistake.


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The(ir) Blurb...

A model queer activist and advocate, Jesus's world implodes after discovering that he is HIV positive, forcing him to confront his innermost fears, his relationship with his ex-boyfriend, and a future living with HIV.

Cast & Characters

Maximillian Davis as Jesus;
Brian Peters as Michael;
Samonte Cruz as Johnny;
Jenn Bowman as Survivor's Alliance Community Advocate;
Qwo-Li Driskill as Johnny's friend Tsiya;
Trenton Garris as John;
Alix Kolar as Taylor;
William David Borden Mazas as Lifelong AIDS Alliance Counselor;
Brad Mott as Mom's Pharmacy Pharmacist;
Michael Pierce as Mom's Pharmacy Front Desk