Thursday, August 27, 2015
Techine
I am watching all the André Téchiné films in our library.
Today
This is Téchine's AIDS film.
It begins with the beginning. No one knows what is happening. A young gay man, a very happy young gay man, contacts the virus and dies. All his friends, including a research physician, mourn him. We see that mooring. We are witnesses too.
What is good about this film is that it is very factual. The main character played by the great Michel Blanc is also involved with the young gay man. Somehow in the film this does not seem at all concocted. It is very much together and beautifully done.
A 5 out of Netflix5.
Virtually all of Téchiné's films have a gay subplot but this one it is all about gay life in the early 80s. I was there. It is pretty much true to life.
