The Guest House is a 2012 lesbian romance film written, produced and directed by Michael Baumgarten.

It stars Ruth Reynolds and Madeline Merritt as two women who fall in love over a weekend at a Los Angeles guest house.

She and Jason have an argument and he drives away in his car before Rachel goes inside her house and is scolded by her father for coming home so late.

Right before he leaves on his business trip, he informs Rachel that a new employee at his company is coming over to stay in their guest house for a few days.

Rachel plays a short original instrumental song on the piano and receives praise from Amy.

Rachel tells Amy that the guest house used to be her mother’s art studio before she died from cancer.

Later that night, Amy walks over to the main house and accidentally sees Rachel masturbating to a lesbian adult film.

Neither she nor Reynolds had portrayed a lesbian character on screen prior to this film, though Merritt had previously starred in a stage production of Boston Marriage while at university.

[1] Reynolds found that their experience on-set mirrored that of their characters, saying, "It was a challenge because we are considered straight, so it was kind of cool to find out how comfortable it was to be with someone of the same gender...even though its something that’s completely new.

However, she also noted the "fantastic chemistry between Reynolds and Merritt" and found the love scenes "decidedly hot".

"[4] Lauren Shiro of Curve magazine was much more positive, saying: "The Guest House is a cute, fun, and highly enjoyable movie.