Gentle Rain

Jesse, a 35 year-old screenwriter from L.A., moves to a house he just inherited in Memphis from his late husband. Orson is a retired veteran who works two part-time jobs to occupy his lonely hours and to help pay for his granddaughter’s education. One day the men meet at a supermarket and start an unlikely friendship ignited by Jesse’s curiosity regarding the blues. To develop an idea for a new script, Jesse asks Orson to show him local blues scene. As these after-hour outings progress, both men realize they share feelings for one another that transcend their differences. The South serves as the backdrop for fair weather, music dives, and this story of two men marked by differences of age, color, and life paths. Both brought together by loneliness, the blues and the longing desire to love. A not so usual gay love story of young man meets older man.