Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! | |
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Directed by | Evgeny Afineevsky |
Written by | Joseph Goldman Martin Guigui |
Produced by | Evgeny Afineevsky Svetlana Anufrieva Rich Cowan Igor Zektser Alexei Diveyeff-Tserkovny |
Starring | Lainie Kazan Saul Rubinek Vincent Pastore John Lloyd Young Jai Rodriguez Bruce Vilanch Carmen Electra Fred Swink |
Cinematography | Peter N. Green |
Edited by | Michael Southworth |
Music by | Lilo Fedida Eddie Grimberg |
Production companies | New Generation Films North by Northwest Entertainment Oy Vey My Son Is Gay Productions |
Distributed by | New Generation Films Turtles Crossing |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $89,507 (US) [1] |
Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!! is a 2009 comedy film directed, co-written, and produced by Evgeny Afineevsky and starring Lainie Kazan, Saul Rubinek, Vincent Pastore, John Lloyd Young, Jai Rodriguez, Bruce Vilanch, Fred Swink and Carmen Electra. [2] The theme song, "The Word Is Love" was written by Desmond Child and performed by Lulu. "The Word is Love" was contending for nominations in the Original Song category for the 82nd Academy Awards. [3]
The film concerns an interfaith relationship. An adult Jewish man comes out to his parents as gay. They try to come to terms to it, but are displeased that their son's boyfriend is not Jewish.
Twenty-five year old real estate agent Nelson Hirsch is having problems telling his overbearing Jewish parents—Martin and Shirley Hirsch—that he is gay, let alone in a loving relationship, not only with a man, Angelo Ferraro, but a non-Jewish one. However, he and Angelo have made a time sensitive pact to tell their respective parents about their relationship. It becomes even more complicated as, out of circumstance, Nelson discovers that his mother—and thus by association his father—believe the new significant other in his life is not Angelo, who they assume is solely his decorator, but rather Nelson and Angelo's neighbor, Playpen Playmate of the month, Sybil Williams. That complication is exacerbated by the fact that his mom will only hear and see what she wants to, which in this situation is coming to terms with Nelson being in love with a shiksa who takes her clothes off in public.
When Nelson is finally able to tell his parents the truth, Martin and Shirley (who have their own slightly different preconceived notions about homosexuality), have to find a way to come to terms with it. The couple are concerned about how their friends and relatives will react; they are especially concerned about Martin's macho employer, his Uncle Moisha, and Shirley's brother and sister-in-law, Max and Sophie.
Equally as difficult is relating to Angelo's Italian parents, Carmine and Terry Ferraro, who have their own issues in dealing with Angelo and Nelson's relationship. Nelson and Angelo's time-sensitive issue advances their relationship to the next level, with the potential to turn the world of this collective group further on its head.
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