This one feels like it was made more for eye candy than anything else. The film is almost 15 years old now, so it might've been one of the earlier ones to touch on a throuple, or at least hint at it. It runs about 75 minutes, which makes it an easy sit, but with tighter editing and fewer repetitive scenes, it could've been a crisp little short film. Rene runs the family business to support his sick grandmother, while his aunt, who looks after her, keeps trying to match him up with different women so he'll finally settle down. The thing is, Rene's gay, and he's in love with his driver. He's way too shy and closed off to ever say it out loud, but one weekend he loosens up on a seaside trip with the guy he's crazy about. That night, after a lot of drinking, they sleep together and Rene finally admits how he feels. Still, he knows the driver has a long term partner he can't leave. Once Rene's had enough, he heads to the driver's house planning to tal...
Rene runs the family business to support his sick grandmother, while his aunt, who looks after her, keeps trying to match him up with different women so he'll finally settle down. The thing is, Rene's gay, and he's in love with his driver. He's way too shy and closed off to ever say it out loud, but one weekend he loosens up on a seaside trip with the guy he's crazy about. That night, after a lot of drinking, they sleep together and Rene finally admits how he feels. Still, he knows the driver has a long term partner he can't leave. Once Rene's had enough, he heads to the driver's house planning to talk to the wife, only to discover the driver is gay too, and what he's actually got is a boyfriend of many years, not a wife. Rene's heartbroken. Then the grandmother passes away, leaving Rene on his own, until his aunt, who it turns out knew he was gay all along and was just waiting for him to say it, tells him that if he really loves the driver he should go for it, and maybe the three of them could be together instead of him being alone. The film closes with the three of them finally together.
The story had real potential, but the direction and execution come across as super amateurish. There are way too many shots of Rene driving around, drinking coffee, reading a book, basically killing time alone and lusting after his driver, and it got old fast. We also get the driver showering in his tidy whites over and over, which pretty much tells you what the makers were going for and who they were aiming at. Buried in all that, there's a nice love story, but it all comes down to how it's done. The two actors are good looking and do their job fine. The aunt brings some light moments with her constant talk about hot young guys, which was fun. A good subject overall, and with better execution or editing it could've been much stronger and aged a lot better. (3.5/10)
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