Films
Humpday
Light House 1 / Mon Aug 3 / 6.30pm / €10
Dir. Liz Shelton 2009 USA 94mins
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Winner of this year's Grand Jury Prize in Sundance, Humpday is a raw, hilariously funny and close-to-the-bone human comedy about masculinity, male intimacy and heterosexuality.
Some loves are meant to be...this one not so much. When Andrew unexpectedly shows up on Ben's doorstep late one night, the two old college friends immediately fall into their old dynamic of heterosexual one-upmanship. To save Ben from domestication, Andrew invites Ben to a party at a sex-positive commune. Everyone there plans on making erotic art films for the local amateur porn festival and Andrew wants in. They run out of booze and ideas, save for one: Andrew should have sex with Ben, on camera.
It's not gay; it's beyond gay. It's not porn; it's an art project. The next day, they find themselves unable to back down from the dare. And there's nothing standing in their way - except Ben's wife Anna, heterosexuality, and certain mechanical questions.