Christopher Plummer, Ewan McGregor Star In Mature Coming Out Gay Film

 
PUBLISHED: SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Another coming out gay movie premiered at the Toronto International

 Film Festival, but don't yawn because this story is told from a unique 

perspective.

Writer-Director Mike Mills' Beginners features 80-year-old Christopher 

Plummer in his first gay role.

Oliver (played by Ewan McGregor) tells the story of his father, Hal, trying 

to catch up on lost time after coming out gay at the age of 75. Hal begins

 to openly embrace his sexuality by socializing with other gay men and 

dating a man about the same age as his son (Goran Visnjic).

Did we mention that Hal is terminally ill and that he and Oliver are trying to reconnect?

The story is made more compelling by the fact that it is partially based on 

Mills' own true-life experience with his father.

Beginners tackles many difficult subjects, including traveling the last mile 

of life, mending a father-son relationship, and coming out gay in the 

twilight of life.

After its Toronto premiere, the film lit a bidding war for distribution rights.

 Focus Features, the company that brought us Milk and The Kids Are

 All Right, acquired worldwide rights, excluding Canada, France, Australia, Scandinavia and Benelux.

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