The Gist:
Laurent works very hard to convince his family that he is straight, even pretending his best friend is a serious girlfriend. His school work on the other hand, does not receive quite as much effort on his part, to the point that he is danger of flunking out of agricultural college. As a last chance he is given an internship working under a researcher, Cédric, sparking events that will bring family, truth, friendship, and love to a dramatic conclusion.
Comments (with an unsurprising spoiler):
The spoiler is this, the protagonist spends the majority of the movie repeatedly saying it will not go well when his parents and family finds out he is gay. His parents and family are repeatedly shown verifying that yes, they will react badly when they find out he is gay.
Given this, it's a bit much that characters (the same ones who'd been promoting his coming out) are surprised that Laurent's parents and family react badly when he finally comes out to them.
Given this, it's a bit much that characters (the same ones who'd been promoting his coming out) are surprised that Laurent's parents and family react badly when he finally comes out to them.
That aside, it's well done. Not earth shattering good, but good enough. Although given that it is not merely a romance drama, but rather a coming out romance drama, a lot of time is spent with Laurent's parents dealing with his news which can get a bit tiresome, but overall still worth a watch.
Women:
Mothers, aunts, family, friends, so in a word, yes.
People of color:
Nope
Gratuitous nudity:
Minor
- Director: Christian Faure
- Writer: Christian Faure, Annick Laboulette, Pierre Pauquet
- Actors: Cyrille Thouvenin, Stéphan Guérin-Tillié
- 88 min
- TV Movie
- French
- IMDB
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