Product Description

Luke, a young man insecure about his masculinity, must solve the mystery of his rare genetic condition, Zerophilia, that changes him from male to female anytime he's aroused, -noticeably complicating his love life. Journey with Luke into the wild world of Zerophilia to discover you can't change your true nature, even if it can change you. A Coming-of-age cult classic.

Review

"Part horror movie, part randy teen sex farce, [Zerophilia] takes the premise that some organisms are capable of mutating gender to suit their surroundings and extends it to an Oregon undergrad whose extra chromosome allows him to alternate between male and female. Martin Curland's endearing debut delivers a ripe conceit in such gendermorphic times, ... it could conceivably spawn an entire genre of imitators." --Variety

A novel teenage comedy with an astute understanding of adolescent sexual confusion and the nebulous nature of desire, “Zerophilia” suggests an elastic view of gender that’s alternately gleeful and terrifying. As Luke sprouts breasts during a romantic dinner with a date (Rebecca Mozo), then awakes after a night of passion to discover he has morphed into a curvaceous female (Marieh Delfino), the movie balances nightmare and fantasy with cool agility. Helped by assured performances from his mostly young cast ― particularly Dustin Seavey and Alison Folland as Luke’s closest friends ― Mr. Curland fashions his bizarre material into a surprisingly subtle exploration of identity and anxiety. ... “Zerophilia” is ultimately less about sex than about the rewards of friendship. “Being a woman doesn’t make you any less of a man,” says one of Luke’s friends, encouragingly. It’s a line Dietrich would have been thrilled to utter. --New York Times

Zerophiliacs do not exist, but the conviction and daring of this feature-film debut by Martin Curland inspires belief in the impossible. On a solo camping excursion, Luke (Taylor Handley) loses his virginity to a British woman, who turns the young man into a zerophiliac, a person with the ability to change sexes during the throws of sexual excitement. This perpetuates all sorts of confusion and panic when Luke, as Luca (Marieh Delfino), finds that he's no longer attracted to Michelle (Rebecca Mozo) but to her mechanic brother Max (Kyle Schmid). Sydney (Gina Bellman), a doctor and expert on Luke's very-rare condition, only confuses matters, telling the young man he must either live with his zerophilia or "lock" his sex by getting physical with another zerophiliac. Possibly the most homorific teen comedy ever made, Zerophila pushes a liquid view of sexual identity that's excitingly inquisitive about our personal sexual fantasies and hang-ups. The androgynous features of the super-cute cast befit the subject matter, but Curland's visual style is not as amorphous as his ideas. ...Still, while Curland's mind may move faster than his kino-eye, the story's conceptual imagination and flourishes boggle the mind―so much so the film should come with a surgeon general's warning: may cause gender confusion. --Slant Magazine