This one falls into that darker corner of gay cinema. There was real potential buried in here, but the execution feels so flat that at points it plays out more like a filmed stage play than an actual movie. It's a dark psychological drama built around a street hustler confessing to a brutal, confusing murder of his own lover. Black and white flashback sequences do a solid job laying out the details of what happened, but the real focus stays on the dialogue and the writing itself. Right at the start, a young hustler has already killed his male lover Claude. Three days go by before he calls the police to turn himself in for the murder. But instead of just reporting it somewhere ordinary, he actually summons the police and the local press directly into a judge's private chambers. Yves has keys to the place, which tracks given what he does for a living, but having the press waiting right outside makes the whole scene look like some elaborate blackmail scheme against the judge. The ...
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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