In 1981, AIDS emerged in New York as an unprecedented immune-deficiency disease. Because it concentrated in gay men, it was also called "gay disease" at the time. Ned (Mark Ruffalo), a radical gay writer, was outraged when he watched friends die and the government's inaction Pay attention to this impending outbreak. Emma (Julia Roberts), a half-paralyzed female doctor, is one of the few health care workers who has been highly vigilant about the AIDS epidemic since the beginning, and is also an important heterosexual ally of Ned. During the movement, Ned met the New York Times reporter Phoenix (Matt Bomer), and the two fell into a raging love. However, Phoenix was eventually diagnosed with the infection, and the grieving Ned had only his love and career to fight on the front lines. Although the president of the Health Crisis Group, Bruce (Taylor Kitsch), is Ned's best friend, he acts in the opposite direction from the aggressive Ned. Executive Director Tommy (Jim Parsons) has been trying to balance the two, but can't resolve the growing differences, and a break is imminent. And now is the fourth year that AIDS has spread in the United States... The
HBO TV movie "The Ordinary Heart" is adapted from the Tony Award play of the same name. The author Larry Kramer experienced the AIDS storm in the 1980s. Using himself as a prototype, he wrote the lives and insights of New York's gay people and AIDS into the script. The film not only depicts the real and complex face of the early AIDS movement, but also presents the twists and turns and necessity of gay rights. No matter what era and environment you are in, it should be a birthright to love and to pursue love.
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