''Love Life'' is a 2006 gay-themed film directed by

Damion Dietz Damion Dietz is an American writer and film director known for his underground/indie films. Background In 1990, Dietz appeared as an actor in ''Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael'', starring Winona Ryder and Jeff Daniels. A graduate (1992) of the ...

. Its plot concerns a

marriage of convenience A marriage of convenience is a marriage contracted for reasons other than that of love and commitment. Instead, such a marriage is entered into for personal gain, or some other sort of strategic purpose, such as a political marriage. There are ...

between a gay man and a

bisexual Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females, or to more than one gender. It may also be defined to include romantic or sexual attraction to people regardless of their sex or gender identity, whi ...

woman and how complicated it can get with arrival of other suiters. The film premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco and was selected as the benefit film for the Human Rights Campaign.

Synopsis

Joe (Stephan D. Gill), a closeted gay former pro-athlete is in a "marriage of convenience" with Mary (Stephanie Kirchen), college friend, a bisexual woman who has married him to please her mother and not be cut off from finances and inheritance. But there is also an agreement that each is free to have sex partners on the side. Mary isn't really that interested in sex, while Joe cruises parks for other guys. Even though she's not supposed to be, Mary is jealous and resentful of the men Joe picks up, but mostly she is afraid that he might someday fall in love with one of them and decide to end their sham marriage. Things get edgy when Joe is attracted to Thomas (Keith Bearden), a handsome landscaper who came to give an estimate. Joe gets mad at Mary because she followed him in the park, he storms out, checks into a gay-owned motel and calls Thomas. Meanwhile, Mary is also telling the same story over wine to her college friend, Aura (Jill Kocalis). The film cuts the two love scenes together - one between the two men (Joe and Thomas) and one between two women (Mary and Aura).

Cast

* Stephan D. Gill as Joe * Stephanie Kirchen as Mary * Keith Bearden (actor) as Thomas * Jill Kocalis as Aura *

Ronnie Kerr Ronnie Kerr (born Ronald George Smith III, 30 March 1974) is an American actor, best known for playing the role of Romeo in ''The Army Show'' and the movie ''Shut Up and Kiss Me'' in 2010. He has also starred in many other films and been a person ...

as Stranger in park

References

External links

* 2006 films American LGBT-related films Films directed by Damion Dietz Films shot in California 2000s American films {{LGBT-film-stub