The use of New Age philosophy to combat the emotional impact AIDS has on victims' loved ones is explored in this low-budget, independent, and largely unsuccessful film. Steven (Doug Self) is a sensitive young man living in San Francisco who has just lost his lover, Victor, to AIDS. Steven
holds a "send-off" ceremony at which Victor's friends gather to share memories of him; it ends with each person releasing a red balloon into the sky as a symbol of Victor's freedom from the mortal world. Steven follows Victor's request to take his ashes to Maui, where Victor's former lover, Robert
(Emerald Starr), has founded a New Age community. While Robert occupies himself with...
Released:
1990
Rated:
NR
Length:
87 mins