Claire (film)

Claire is a 2001 film by Milford Thomas.

When the curtains open, viewers find themselves caught within a nightmare that strongly contrasts the dreaminess of sequences to come a young girls birthday party is cruelly interrupted by Joshs Mish P. DeLight loss of custody over her. He wakes in a fright and squeezes the hand of his husband James Ferguson for comfort. Early on, a theme in Claire is identified here the transcendence of love beyond social norms. The audience is briefly walked through the pairs daily routine. One exception emerges after the couple has lain down the following night the appearance of Claire their unexpected miracles, just a tiny thing inside an iridescent ear of corn. As the story progresses and Claire grows into the shape of a young woman, she enchants onlookers with her beauty and readings of fantastic poetry in various languages. Richard Allen Jeffrey Rein is particularly entranced and gives her his copy of Shelleys work as a token. It is in him that Claire discovers her miraculous healing powers proceeding his dive from a cliff in an attempt to win her affection. While exemplifying the nontraditional familytwo men lovingly raising a child of the moonthe film celebrates the diversity of family and also addresses the grief of losing a loved one.The film is accompanied solely by Orchestra De Lune conducted by Anne Richardson. It was performed live when the film was originally shown at the San Francisco International Lesbian amp Gay Film Festival. ........

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