Honestly I can't believe we're still getting BL series this bad in 2026. This mini series runs about 7 to 8 episodes with a total runtime of just about an hour and it is so boring that I genuinely struggle to find the words. The actors are awkward, the story is as basic as it gets and there is almost nothing about this show worth saving. The makers do try to stir up some drama here and there but even that falls completely flat. Ho Won is a 23 year old university student who spots a man sitting alone at a gay bar and gets attracted to him. The man is Min U, a 33 year old who brushes Ho Won off immediately saying he's too young. Ho Won lies about his age and since he's made a bet with the bartender that he'll get this man home before the night is over, he switches tactics and eventually the two end up at Min U's place and sleep together. Despite being complete opposites in every way there's some kind of pull between them and they go on a couple of dates. But t...
We meet Martin and Andreas as a loving couple who are very much in love. Andreas works in a workshop and creates furniture, and we are not sure yet what Martin does. Next we see they are a bit older and their 19 year old son Max is leaving home to go to college. And then we see that the couple is dealing with issues which escalate further when they decide to take their annual vacation at the sea. This is when flashback shows us how the couple met, instant attraction, how Andreas slowly tells Martin that he was once married and has a son Max. We share with them some beautiful moments of the three of them sharing life together and Max slowly just becomes part of their life. When Martin grows up, we see that Martin is struggling with his job situation and even Martin is just making his ends meet. Work related stress and various misunderstandings slowly start creating a rift between the two. The two struggle to communicate and agree on any anything at all. Eventually they decide to go their separate ways. They are both terribly hurt by the decision but there is no option. Max continues to keep a balance between the two. Finally we move a couple more years and see that Martin and Andreas meet again when they both happen to take their yearly sea vacation at the same time. Thankfully they are both mature enough to be decent humans and ex-lovers, reminiscent on good old times and accept their current situation and try to be friends going forward.
The film shows love between a gay couple and various facets of it. What is the force that causes two people out of billions to decide to spend so much of their lives together? And what makes couples decide to part after such a long time? These are some of the questions that the makers have tried to address and show. Most things in the film natural and that makes it slightly interesting. Thankfully there are no unnecessary explicit sex scenes but the focus is more on their tender love with each other and their son Max. The life situations, work situation, finance situation etc and some of the reasons the couple start disintegrating. But sadly, in trying to portray a picture of years of love a gay couple. the story moves at a very very slow pace and that overbears everything else. you wanna connect with the characters and you do it to a good extent except how I wish the editing was tighter. If you read my blog, you know that I am all about experimentation and don't mind slow narrative as long as it still makes sense, but I think this went way too far. Performances were all quite good and I am glad there was never anything over the top.
This is strictly an average movie. Beautiful locales of shooting and good performances but the film overall struggles to keep your attention. (5.5/10)
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