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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0807839000429
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: TLA Releasing
Manufacturer: TLA Releasing
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: TLA Releasing
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 10, 2003
Running Time: 112 minutes
Sales Rank: 25380
Studio: TLA Releasing
Theatrical Release Date: 2002
Editorial Review:
Description:
Acclaimed Spanish Director Ventura Pons’ first English language film is a beautiful and faithful adaptation of David Leavitt'Ss novel 'The Page Turner.' Paul is a promising young pianist, who is hired to be a page turner for his idol, Richard Kennington. They meet again while Paul is on vacation with his mother in Barcelona. Thus begins a love affair that moves from Spain to New York, complicated by Paul's mother and Richard’s agent/lover.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Glad I didn't read these reviews before I watched the movie!
I don't normally watch gay-themed movies because the few I have seen were mostly dreadful. This was recommended by a straight lady friend who loved it and assured me I would too. She was right. There was tenderness and reality on multiple levels. The travelogue scenery deserves special acclaim. At my advanced age I have known people who grew from a life much like this young man's to a later life not distinctly different from the older characters.
I didn't see much distortion of ... Read More
Rating:  - One Night Stand
I checked out this film because I'd just watched Allan Corduner in The White Countess and also really enjoyed De-Lovely. Allan plays Mansourian who is the manager of the main character Richard Kennington. Corduner gives an excellent performance, telling in the DVD special features how much he enjoyed the role. Richard Kennington is a concert pianist with engagements around the world and is played by Paul Rhys. Rhys recently played the Eqyptian Pharoah in "The Ten Commandments" (2006). As Kennington, ... Read More
Rating:  - I'd Rather Starve
I suppose that I shouldn't be too hard on this movie because it did cause quite a stir of emotions on my part. I know an artist will tell you that if his or her painting causes ANY type of reaction--good or bad--then they have been successful. It's when you look at their art and feel nothing that they know they've failed.
"Food of Love" (based on the novel "The Page Turner" [which I have not read]) supposedly deals with the love story between an 18-year old fan and his 39-year old piano idol. ... Read More
Rating:  - Come out, come out, wherever you are!
This is an excellent film, with fine acting. It's a very human story about assumptions and the disasters that can follow by leaping before you look...
In a homophobic society, and yes, America is that, it can be very dangerous for anyone to make decisions and act based on assumptions, which each of the main characters does in this film. It is a film which every gay person should see, as well as anyone who cares about someone, young or old, who is questioning her/his sexual identity.
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Rating: - Love or Lust?
I will say this film was better than I thought it would be, enough to keep me interested in watching it. There were definite flaws in it that bemused me as I thought how can the filmmakers not have seen these flaws. Many of it is with some of the acting, it was so unconvincing that it was almost embarrassing. I bumped my stars from three to four because I found the story rather interesting, and watchable, plus kudos to Kevin Bishop, the young actor who plays Paul who has to carry this film on his own, not ... Read More
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