Monday, April 04, 2016
Return engagement
I am looking at some "old" Marco Berger films from Argentina.. Today,
wherein two presumably straight guys find themselves smitten with one another.
Berger is a master of portraying sexual tension. Long looks, turned eyes, quiet moments. Two men who are trying to figure out why they like one another so much and what to do about it.
I know this situation all too well. It composed the second third of my life. The first a gay teen romantic, the second married but looking, now the third, out and married again, this time to a man.
The confusion of clashing feelings is shown beautifully. Berger takes his time. So do the men.
There is a bit of a red herring in that both men have a history with the same woman who apparently figures it out before they do. Nice touch and well played.
I like these Berger films very much. There will be two more next and two short films after that.
