Zerophilia

Plot

"Zerophilia" is a fictional condition that affects an unknown number of people with an extra "Z" chromosome. Following their first full sexual experience, zerophiliacs begin to change gender after experiencing an orgasm. Luke (Taylor Handley), a young man somewhat insecure about his masculinity, begins to exhibit zerophilia following an encounter with a woman (Kelly LeBrock). He meets Michelle (Rebecca Mozo) and experiences partial transformations when they go out together.

He confides with his best friend Keenan (Dustin Seavey) about his partial transformations, who in turn contacts Dr. Sydney Catchadourian (Gina Bellman). Dr. Catchadourian persuades Luke to go through a full transformation. Luke does this by masturbating, becoming female and subsequently calling herself "Luca". Luca has difficulty achieving an orgasm to change back, even with coaching from Keenans girlfriend Janine (Alison Folland). However, a visit by Michelles attractive brother, Max (Kyle Schmid), who flirts with "Lukes cousin", enables her to get sufficiently aroused to complete the transformation back to Luke.

Luke is threatened by his gender transformation, his arousal by an attractive male, and the questions of sexual identity it raises; he seeks help from Sydney. She tells him that a zerophiliac can become "a-morphic" and stop changing gender only by having sex with another zerophiliac... such as herself. He reluctantly agrees to do it, but discovers afterward that she wasnt telling him the full truth: an a-morphic zerophiliac can still change by having sex with another zerophiliac, and Dr. Catchadourian was using Luke to change herself one last time (into a man), leaving Luca as a woman in the process.

Comic tensions arise from Lukes efforts to keep Michelle at a distance, Maxs defensiveness about his sister, Lucas half-hearted resistance to Maxs affections, and Lukes confused aggression toward Max. When Michelle discovers that Luke had sex with Dr. Catchadourian, she feels betrayed. Hoping to find Michelle, Luca seeks out Max to profess deep affection for Michelle and remorse for betraying her. Max is touched by the apology, and reveals that he is actually Michelle, also a zerophiliac. They make love repeatedly, changing gender mostly in sync with each other, but occasionally finding themselves the same gender. It ends with the happy couple apparently resolved to their condition and past any questions of their sexual identity.

Cast

Release

The film was released on October 13, 2006 in theaters in North America, and performed poorly at the box office. It was released internationally on cable and DVD in February 2007.