| Southern Comfort | |
Cast:
Robert Eads and Lola Cola.
Robert was
born female and Lola was born male. Transgendered, they fall in love.
Set in the backwoods of Georgia, SOUTHERN COMFORT tells the real-life
story of Robert Eads, a warm and gregarious cowboy who as a woman married
and raised two sons, then transitioned to living as a man. Fifteen years
later Kate Davis follows Robert during the extraordinary last year of
his life as he copes with ovarian cancer (after 20 doctors have refused
him medical treatment) and falls headlong into a passionate romance with
Lola, a transgendered male-to-female. It's a world of contradictions in
which good old boys who drive pick-up trucks and shoot the breeze around
the barbecue are also 21st century pioneers - courageously forging a new
world for themselves, and for us. |
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Hollywood
Reporter
The film
may be loathed or loved depending entirely on individual viewers' reactions
to its central characters. But no one is likely to be unmoved by the real-life
drama that unfolds.
The
New York Times
Because the material could easily have lapsed into sentimental hero worship,
one has to applaud Ms. Davis's decency toward her subject and Mr. Eads's survivor's
spirit — he has a constant chuckle in his eyes.
Southern
Comfort at Film Forum
