Thursday, April 17, 2014
Hello there
Today's movie was the German film Cibrail / The Visitor
Indie gay story which follows predictable lines but which has a great deal of charm because the guys are not studly. They are plain people who come together, one gay, one not so much. The gay doesn't mess with the straight guy. Quite the contrary.
Groping toward understanding his feelings, the homo in hiding, a cop, slowly comes out to himself then his friend.
I liked this a lot and will get it for our collection.
I think part of its charm is that we are in Berlin and there is ample use of locations. There is the smell of freedom and liberation in the air that helps us move along. A strong image of the statuary Molecule Man is repeated effectively.
I am glad that they didn't try to pad this out with extra fluff. It is straight on, short (69 minutes) and to the point. A 4 out of 5 on the esrose richter film scale.
