Better Half (2015) – a gay drama film by Michelle Clay

Better Half (2015)

110 min| Drama|21 Avg 2015

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For years, Tony and Leo have been a happy couple. They had always talked about having a child… someday. So when a sickly infant is abandoned at a local hospital, Tony sees it as a sign. Suddenly, Leo is confronted with making good on his promise to start a family; he must face his deep-seeded fears of being a father, or risk losing Tony altogether.

Director: Michelle Clay

Writer: Michelle Clay

Country: USA

Genre: Drama

Language: English

Duration: 110 min

Stars: Amin El Gamal, Avie Weber, Daniel Rhyder, Don Oscar Smith, Elizabeth Pan, Grant Landry, I. Elijah Baughman, Jacquelin Arroyo, Jaimie Fauth, Justin Huen, Kayla Ibarra, Kevin Held, Liana Arauz, Malika Williams, Matt Orduna, Maxwell Chase, Scott Lowell, Steve Hasley, Veralyn Jones

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“For years, Tony and Leo have been in a happy relationship. They’d always talked about having a child. So when a baby is abandoned at a local hospital, Tony sees it as a sign. Suddenly, Leo is confronted with making good on his promise to start a family and face his fears of being a father or risk losing Tony.”

Better Half is the gay drama story of a young gay couple’s rocky evolution into a family following their adoption of a baby. It is a contemporary drama of Tony, an idealist social worker, and Leo, his pragmatist partner, as they venture forth with adopting a sickly orphaned infant – a decision that will resurrect childhood demons for Leo and jeopardized their previously harmonious couplehood.