Zero Patience

Director: John Greyson
Writer: Michael Marc Bouchard
Cast: John Robinson, Normand Fauteux, Diane Heatherington, Michael Callen
Composer: Glen Schellenberg
World Sales: Fortissimo Film Sales
Canada: Strand Releasing

Synopsis

Singing and dancing its way through a gloriously entertaining exposé, Zero Patience, with cheeky defiance and stinging wit, explodes the myths surrounding AIDS and turns conventional thinking on its head. This raunchy romp about sex, science and scapegoats tells the story of Patient Zero, the French Canadian flight attendant accused of bringing AIDS to North America.

“…[an] audacious film musical about AIDS, bubbles with so many ideas that it has the feel of several movies compressed into an unwieldy if stimulating Brechtian revue…. ZERO PATIENCE, despite its grim subject, has a loopy buoyancy.”
– Stephen Holden, THE NEW YORK TIMES

“A buoyantly cheeky sense of humour.”
– Richard Corlis, TIME MAGAZINE

Festivals & Awards

Toronto International Film Festival, Best Canadian Feature Film – Special Jury Citation • Sudbury Cinéfest, Best Canadian Film/Best Ontario Feature • Berlinale • Genie Awards, Best Original Song “Zero Patience” Nomination • New York New Directors and New Films Festival • Princeton Queer Articulations Gay and Lesbian Film Festival • Febio Film Festival (Czech Republic) • Impatient: John Greyson Retrospective, Included as part of retrospective at TIFF/AGO