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North of Vortex
North of Vortex

North of Vortex

Genres

Drama

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A gay poet heads west from New York City in his convertible. He picks up a muscular sailor who's bisexual; then Jackie, a waitress at a diner, joins them. Jackie is attracted to the poet who rebuffs her romantic gestures; rejection fuels her continued interest in him. The sailor and the poet are bonded by sex, but the sailor's frank advances to Jackie make him uninteresting to her. The sailor can get violent, the poet is passive, Jackie is glamorous and detached. The landscape changes, they stop in cities and in the desert. They reach a lake. Who will be left out of a final pairing?

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

58 mins

Rating

4/10

Release Date

18 March 1991

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Stavros Zalmas

Stavros Zalmas

Valda Z. Drabla

Valda Z. Drabla

Howard Napper

Howard Napper

Kevin Graal

Kevin Graal

Narrator

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