This is the second vertical AI BL drama I've sat through, and honestly I went in knowing better. I had it on while I was doing cardio at the gym, and what struck me was just how much the plot echoed the last one I watched. Same step brother romance angle, same mystery girlfriend showing up near the end, same extra guy pining after one of the leads. Genuinely the only thing going for it was the runtime, the whole thing wrapped up in forty five minutes flat. The setup kicks off with Finn moving schools because his mom just married into money. He finds out his new step brother Aiden goes to the same place, and he's warned to keep his distance from him. Their first run in at school is rocky, just like you'd expect, but there's this odd pull between them neither can shake off. Finn keeps telling himself not to read into it because Aiden's straight and openly homophobic. Things shift when some kids start bullying Finn and the student council president, Ryan, steps in to ...
The main character of the film is Joao. The film is a sequential events of him interacting with various people where all of them indulge in extensive conversations talking forever about various topics. He meets his best friend Irene, who cannot let go of memories of her ex. Then we have long drawn scenes between him and his boyfriend. He then meets Matias, a young main subway and then they have sex and then again talk forever. These encounters affect him and slowly begin to reveal a play of time frames which blends together life and creative process, present and memory. The film ends as randomly as it started.
Joao has a good screen presence but constant rumbling and weird scenes are too much to handle. In his meeting with Irene, I kid you not, for almost 15v minutes the scene just shows Joao finding a comfortable position to sit in. I am just not sure, whats the point behind it. Similarly with his boyfriend, they keep rolling around for 10 minutes and switch positions for some reason that I cannot fathom. Even the conversations these people have with each other and so random. Also there are situations where Joao is talking on phone but to himself. The only decent bit was his sexual encounter with Mathias and conversation in that but just when you thought its going well, that also take a nosedive. There is absolutely nothing at all in this film to look out for. I would have given some points if they at least had some nudity, but sadly we don't get to see that either.
Completely avoidable. (0/10)
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