Love Is Strange

Glasses. I can't find my glasses.

Not today. Please, God, not today.

Has anybody seen my glasses?

Right here, Mr. Ben.

Do you have the list?

No, it's in the kitchen.

I think 40 will cover it.

Maybe you can send Eugenia

to the market.

Okay.

- How's the lasagna?

- Oh, I just put it in.

It looks delicious.

- Let me see.

- Sweetie, do you have any cash?

- Not too early to put it in?

- I know what I'm doing.

- Close the door and go.

- So how do I look?

You look fantastic.

- Both of you.

- It's almost 11. George, we have to go.

- I'm waiting for you.

- I need cash for Eugenia.

- You smell good too.

- Thank you.

- Let's go. Thank you, Zlata.

- We'll be back about 1:30.

- You got the papers?

- Yes, I've got them, Vera Vague. Let's go.

They're all full, George.

Don't worry. We'll still be okay.

Don't worry.

We might have better luck on 6th.

Come on.

Wait. George?

- You all right?

- I don't want to get all sweaty.

You look fine. You look fine.

But we can't just wander.

We can't just wander.

We should have hired a car service.

Yes, you keep saying that.

We are gathered here today...

...in the presence of these witnesses...

...with the purpose of uniting

in matrimony...

...George Esteban Garea...

...Benjamin Arthur Hull.

Everybody who's here,

I'd like to ask you...

...to try to stop thinking about your jobs,

your marriage, your schoolwork...

...what you have to do tomorrow,

what you forgot today...

...and let us focus all of our energies...

...and all of our love...

...on these two men here:

George and Ben.

So I'd like to ask of you...

...if you would commit

to honor and support...

...these two individuals...

...and their love and their life

and in their marriage together.

- Yes, yes, yes!

- Yes!

Yes!

There is a question I have to ask

and it may seem obvious, the answer...

...but it's still a very

important question.

Are you both making this decision

of your own free will?

Yes.

He's already weighing at me,

I only know.

- What do you think? No, no.

- Come on, come on.

Away.

Would you like a cookie?

Excuse me for interrupting you.

I made them.

You made them for real? Sure.

Excuse me. Roberto, would you like...?

No, thank you.

Thattaboy, Georgie.

That's me he's talking about.

Your part, Ted.

This is the sexy part.

Oh, yeah.

Okay, here we... Take it home now.

Not just in the kitchen.

Georgie, I love you!

Guys, guys, guys. Quiet, quiet.

I just wanna say something.

When I met my husband...

My husband.

Elliot here... he was walking around

with a camera...

...making amazing videos

with people he met on the street...

...creating scenes

out of ordinary situations.

I was just finishing my first novel...

...and I immediately thought,

"We make a great pair."

Two independent spirits

committed to our art.

So we started to go out...

...and he said that he wanted me

to meet his Uncle Ben.

I said, "Well, why your uncle?" Elliot said

that since his mother had passed...

...his uncle was his favorite person

in his family.

Thank you, Elliot.

Not including siblings, Mindy.

So we came here one night.

You guys had just moved

into this apartment...

...and George had prepared us

a delicious spaghetti Bolognese.

We drank wine and we sang...

...and we drank some more...

...and it was just wonderful.

And when we left...

...Elliot said to me,

"I wanted you to meet the two of them...

...because they have been together

for more than 20 years."

So I understood...

Oh, my, I'm going to cry.

I understood that...

That he was proposing to me

because you guys...

Your love, your dedication,

your commitment to each other.

are an example to be followed.

May this love, may this marriage...

...last forever and beyond.

- To Ben and George.

- Thank you, Kate.

- And to Petra!

- Petra!

- Petra Von Kant!

- Petra, Petra! Petra, Petra!

"All who serve in the archdiocese

should believe in God...

...support belief in Jesus Christ...

...engage in prayer...

...respect ecclesiastical authority...

...not take a public position

contrary to the Catholic Church..."

Are you going to read me

the whole Witness Statement?

The Christian Witness Statement,

George.

You signed it when you took this job.

How long have we known each other?

Twelve years.

- You have to understand that...

- Understand what?

That day when you announced

you were getting married...

...at the spring semester meeting...

You've all known

that Ben and I have been living together.

Word got out to the archdiocese.

Then someone showed pictures

to the bishop...

...of you and Ben in Petra.

On Facebook, of all places.

I wouldn't have done anything

any differently.

I'm not saying you should have, George.

But the bishop wasn't happy.

And what about the students?

I've known them since they were kids.

And their parents.

They've been to my house,

played my piano.

They've sung with Ben and me.

The decision is effective immediately.

George, let's pray.

It's important

that you don't question your faith.

Thank you very much, Father.

I still believe in Jesus Christ as

my savior and that won't change...

...but at this moment,

I think I'd like to pray on my own.

Well, let's not forget

that the real estate agent...

...gets a first-month commission.

The co-op board gets a month...

...plus they charge

a 5 percent administration fee.

A month? That's ridiculous. Why do

they charge an administration fee?

- To discourage rentals in the building.

- I hate co-ops.

- Hard to find a condo in Manhattan.

- Not true anymore.

Anyway, we're trying to explain why

renting doesn't help us because...

You've been to my house, right?

You know how much

my real-estate taxes are?

Three thousand. For the whole year.

It's Poughkeepsie, Mindy.

Renting would leave us owing

about a thousand a month.

If we find a studio for, say, 1500...

And that's very hard.

I mean,

we're starting each month at 3000.

And you can't afford that?

Well, with my private lessons

and Ben's pension...

Why did you guys go

on such a fancy honeymoon?

Mindy! It's none of your business.

Of course it is.

Otherwise, I wouldn't be here.

I'm just saying. There's nothing wrong

with Provincetown.

- Have a seat.

- Everything okay?

Yeah. Just wanted to talk to you.

Now, we invited you all here today

because, well, you're family.

Are you telling us

you're getting divorced?

- That's what I thought too.

- No.

We...

We have to sell the apartment.

And we found a buyer already...

...so pretty soon

we're gonna have to move out.

Now, it won't be long

before I get another job...

...and it shouldn't be long

before we find another apartment...

...but in the meantime...

It's just a transition phase.

Probably just a week or two.

We need a place to stay.

Wait a minute.

Did I miss something here?

These last weeks

have been tough on us, Elliot.

Losing the job,

looking for health insurance.

- We need a breather.

- Yeah.

Moving out of here

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