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Chris & Don: A Love Story

United States

2007

90 Min

Color

1.78:1

English

Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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EXEC Andrew Herwitz, James White

PROD Julia Alexander, Tina Mascara, Guido Santi, James White

CAST Christopher Isherwood, Don Bachardy, W.H. Auden, Ted Bachardy, James Berg

MUSIC Miriam Cutler

Telluride, AFI FEST (Documentary Competition), Queer Lisboa (Queer Art), Vancouver (Nonfiction Features)

Synopsis

Theirs was a true-life love story. The relationship between author Christopher Isherwood (whose work The Berlin Stories inspired Cabaret) and artist Don Bachardy is chronicled in this documentary. Through home movies, interviews and readings from Isherwood’s journal, the film reveals the pair’s openness about their affair, the struggles with their age difference and their final months together as Don dedicated his art to the dying Chris.

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2008 FRAMELINE32—REVIEW of Chris & Don: A Love Story

By Twitchfilm.com on December 16, 2011

“We don’t need no piece of paper from the City Hall keeping us tied and true…”—Joni Mitchell, “My Ol’ Man” Historically, the California Supreme Court’s recent decision affirming gay marriage—while good

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