Sunday, December 25, 2011
MOM
Today's gay film was one we enjoyed before:
Sadly this wonderful little gay film went straight (!) to DVD. At least we get to see it here.
A son returns to be with his recently widowed mother in Tunis. He is an architect. He falls in love with the handy man who his mom has hired. Conveniently, the handyman has had the same reaction. They fall in love. Mom does not like it. They resolve it with some good serious plot. It is deeply satisfying in a fairy tale kind of way.
The string is the mother's possessiveness towards the son and his willingness to let her manipulate him. From time to time in the story we see the string that he has wound around himself. The snipping of the string is a great moment.
I enjoyed this a lot and seeing it again was as delicious as the first time.
It doesn't hurt that everyone is very good looking but not that good looking.
And we have the "mature" Claudia Cardinale as mom. She is terrific.
Labels: gay films
