The closest thing I can come up with is George's nephew's family, who George ends up staying with. While watching this I tried to keep the title at the front of my mind at all times, but I still don't know quite how it might strictly apply. And therein lies the trouble: they haven't been apart in all those years of living together, and the film explores how it affects them emotionally as well as the people they stay with. In the meantime while they look for a new apartment, they have to live separately with family and friends. However, once Ben's employer finds out about his marriage (he is the music teacher at a Catholic school), he loses his job and the couple are forced to sell their apartment because they can't afford it anymore. Alfred Molina and John Lithgow play Ben and George, a recently married couple who have been partners for 39 years. LOVE IS STRANGE is an interesting film, and one that will probably turn off a lot of viewers once they know what the concept is, but I thought it was a sweet portrayal of an aging couple who just happen to be gay.
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