Openly gay Chance Marquis likes to walk through life to the beat of his own drum, but when he walks into Brickland International High School (an American school in Europe), he soon is ridiculed for his penchant for wearing tuxedo jackets, top hats, and eye patches to class.

Almost immediately Chance is labeled “queer” by the resident homophobic bullies. Winningly charismatic, he still manages to find a niche in a circle of friends that includes fellow outcasts Twyla and Hank, a tough, no-nonsense chick and a neurotic screwball, respectively, straight jock Levi (Eating Out 2’s Brett Chukerman), on whom Chance has a crush, and a wise drag queen who infuses him with certainty and encourages him not to give up.

Together, there is nothing that can get in the way of this group of misfits; not the parents who just do not understand, not the faculty who cannot protect them, and certainly not anyone who tries to censor their identity.

In the end, Chance’s curiosity for life, for love, for whom he is and for whom he will become, get him through his sophomore year – and onto new and exciting adventures, in this 1980sset, John Hughes-esque comedy.

A sweet, nostalgic celebration of gay pride and film, The Curiosity of Chance proves that sometimes the only way to fit in is to stand out.

Career Synopsis

Russell P. Marleau is a graduate of San Jose State University. On television he wrote and produced the animated series The Itsy Bitsy Spider and Life with Louie for which he won the Humanitas Prize and was nominated for an Emmy. He served as head-writer, executive producer and director of multiple episodes for three seasons of the Discovery Channel series The New Adventures of A.R.K. In Film he wrote and produced 3-Way (2004) The Curiosity of Chance marks his feature directorial debut.