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Perhaps best known as the inspiration and co-author of the musical “Cabaret,” Christopher Isherwood was a beloved writer and critical fixture of the gay scene in Hollywood, proudly living his dream of artistic and sexual freedom. However, there was a force in his life more powerful than writing, even breathing at times: Don Bachardy.
“Chris & Don” recounts the romance between the two men, following their lives and a relationship only separated by an intimidating divide in age.
With a 30-year difference in birthdates, the lovers embarked on a bond that grew to test their patience, yet opened up their diverse lives in remarkable ways, planting seeds of creative growth that would come to define both men and tighten a bond that lasts to this very day, 22 years after Chris’s death.
Despite all the great artists he knew in his lifetime, people such as Auden, Stravinsky, Paul Bowles, it's clear that Isherwood's life wouldn't have been that prodigious without the enduring love of a kid he met on the beach.
Long before the film ends, we understand how Bachardy has gone on since Isherwood's death: As much as anyone who has ever had a great, life-permeating love, Bachardy carries Isherwood in every aspect of his being, just as he always has and always will.
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USA / 2007/ 90mins / Directors: Tina Mascara / Guido Santi / Regent Releasing
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