The Gist:
A French family holiday in a large house in Provence. As summer rolls on, the middle-aged husband becomes close friends with the middle aged openly gay neighbor, forming a relationship that as it deepens challenges the basic truths both men have built their lives on.
Comments (with spoilers both minor and perhaps technically more than minor):
Looking around online it seems that some people hate this movie because of long conversations between the two leads as they discuss and argue about the nature of love, passion, and freedom; and mysterious (or at least odd) happenings, such as a strange breeze that forever blows through the kitchen. All reasons that I liked it and rather enjoyed it.
From the description and the fact it gets included in lists of gay films, the expectation is that the two male leads fall in love and this would nothing more than a coming out story set against some rather gorgeous scenery. What it actually is a lot more complicated then that and a much better movie because of that complexity. Well, better as long as long conversations about the nature of love, passion, and freedom don't bore you. If that sounds sounds dull, then the movie would be tedious.
Women:
Many
People of Color:
No
Gratuitous Nudity:
Nude swimming happens
- Director: Zabou Brietman
- Writers: Zabou Brietman, Agnès de Sacy
- Actors: Bernard Campan, Lea Drucker, Charles Berling
- 114 min
- French
- IMDB
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