Tuesday, March 01, 2016
Young men
Today's film is about two young men finding their first boyfriend.
A surprise to both of them. Hello!
Very nice. Sweet.
German film so it is subtitled but a lot of it is, well, silent.
The title also refers to alienation. The youth who find their own lives apart from the system and establishment.
This is in our library and so I wanted to have another look today. A 5 out of Netflix5.
I am a sucker for teen coming out films as I did not have one of those. I missed a lot but I do not regret missing the angst and heartbreak.
One of the things about these guys is that they are totally on their own. There is a custodial relative somewhere but they are busy and so the boys are free in an odd way. Free to have their lives unencumbered by family. A paradox. Nice. There is a shadow father in the picture but we only see him taking the boys somewhere for a long walk at Templehof Airport. A nice touch as Templehof was the main link during the Berlin blockade. I certainly remember it from the news when I was a kid. Now it is all dead but the boys sort of bring it alive.
Did I mention how sweet this film is? You will notice that Kirill has a bruised and cut face because he was gay bashed on a trip visiting Moscow. There is a lot of emotional healing here. It is understood not explicit.
