The Twilight of the Golds (1996)

Directed by

Ross Kagan Marks

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 23 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple discovers through genetic testing that their unborn child would be gay. This puts the woman's family, including her gay brother and her husband, in an ethical and emotional conflict about what to do.

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What happens

The Twilight of the Golds is an American drama television film directed by Ross Kagan Marks and written by Jonathan Tolins and Seth Bass, based on the stage play by Tolins. The film was screened at the January 1997 Sundance Film Festival prior to its broadcast premiere on Showtime in March 1997. The cast includes Jennifer Beals, Brendan Fraser, Garry Marshall, Faye Dunaway and Jon Tenney. The film deals with the issue of fictional genetic testing, and asks the question, "if testing could reveal the sexual orientation of your unborn child, and you knew he or she would be gay, would you abort?". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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