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On The Sea (UK)

By Golu
This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
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Sobre Nós (Portuguese) [About Us]

By Golu
This film is about two young men's first love. But more, it is also the cinematic memory of one of the partners some years later. So, it is first "about me" and then "about us" in my memory. Its actually a really simple film is some sense.

Diego and Matheus met sometime back and there is an instant connection. The two of them slowly start to get to know each other and fall in love. Diego likes photography and dreams of making a film one day. Matheus is an architect who loves plants and gardening.They take walks together, hang out together, share passionate moments; literally every single minute together ad you can easily tell they are madly passionately in love. But Diego can't let go of his dream of making a film. When he gets into  a film school in California for 4 years, he decides to leave everything and pursue his passion.Ten years later, back in Brazil, he decides to make a film about their relationship. This biopic shows how passion can increase people's motivation in life, but also shows how making choices can be cruel for passion.

The story of the film is real simple. Almost 75% os the film is just following the 2 boys madly in love and all kinds of moments that you would expect a loving young couple to share. The two actors have the most amazing chemistry, but that's it. As an audience, I wasn't really interested in their love for some reason. Despite good chemistry, it didn't seem real. And after a while their mundane life events seem so boring. I just waited forever for something to happen but you keep seeing scenes after scenes of their living together and learning to accept each other. The only conflict (if you can even call it that) is when its time to go to film school. There is no explanation on why Matheus doesn't want to go with him to US. They just drift apart and the film randomly ends and it started. It feels more like a project than an actual film.

I just did not connect with this film at all. Besides the good looking actors and good chemistry they share, there literally is nothing worth talking about. (3.5/10)
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