THE VISITOR, new gay film at Facets

Legendary provocateur Bruce LaBruce reimagines Pier Paolo Pasolini’s 1968 film Teorema for our modern dystopian times. A key figure in both the New Queer Cinema and punk rock’s queercore movements, LaBruce gives us yet another politically radical and sexually transgressive cinematic feast.

A film of art, protest, and raw sexuality, The Visitor reminds us that everything is political – including, and especially, sex. We live in a hypercapitalist world where the rich use the bodies of the poor to metaphorically, yet still physically, gain their pleasure. Here we see the anonymous Visitor, a foreigner from unknown origins, washing up on the shores of England and doing the same to the social elite – but this time literally.

As The Visitor seduces each member of a single family before leaving abruptly to let them deal with the destruction of all known social norms we see LaBruce giving us more of what he is best at – showing us how social relationships (and society itself) is nothing more than a social construct, and that society is nothing more than a collection of individuals – individuals created through sexual desire.

Shocking, cheeky, upsetting, and exciting – we’re incredibly proud and honored to be hosting the Chicago premiere of this film.