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 ...
Greek Translator Yiannis is looking for a room to live in, when he comes across the one that Chris has to offer in Berlin, they end up sharing far more than just the apartment. Filmed mostly in the interior of a flat, the movie's a voyeuristic portrait of the intimacy of two lonely souls, from the moment they met until the inevitable end. We get to see them interacting, making love in the kitchen, or just arguing, like any other couple. We literally just see this couple going through various emotions and the sequences don't necessarily are shown in order of the start or growth of their relationship. It starts with one often guys moving out, then moving in, the first kiss, first sex, first awkward silence, their fight etc. Pain, Lust, Happiness, Jealousy, Attraction, Peacefulness, Love and Anger are the eight emotions that film shows in its various chapters through this couple in love in an apartment. Each feeling is a different ‘stop’ of that journey Whether the characters will reach their destination or a dead-end, is left open for interpretation.
It literally feels like watching a couple, in real time, over a few days, going through various emotions. It is not my cup of tea, even though we do get to see some explicit sexual scenes which were probably improvised by the actors in real time. I watched it in 2x mode and still felt it slow. There is no way anyone would wanna watch this film unless you are the kind of person who spends your time spying on your neighbors with a binocular. This film literally feels like that. The only good thing was the extremely hot Greek Yiannis. The film is worth just to watch him in a few scenes naked. But besides that, easily a skip. (2/10)
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