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Keillers park (2006)
Another gay movie for dummies!
When i watch this film it was like i already saw it. A married man in is late 30's make is coming out and leave is wife. the other man he fall in love with is kill and he's the prime suspect.They show us the love story whit flashback when he pass is interrogation. The story line is the same as other coming out movies, the problem to be accepted by the family and the society whit a little twist ( i say little ) at the end. Not enough fresh for a movie fan but enjoyable on TV for an housewife on a rainy afternoon. Sorry! By chance the cast save this movie again. The Algerian boyfriend is a delight to watch and the discomfort of the co-worker is well done. But again, this is not enough. Watch instead the British movies GET REAL or BEAUTIFUL THINGS, these are powerful coming out film.
Suspect (2005)
Almost a TV movie!!!
I just went out from the screening of SUSPECT at the world film festival of Montreal. I choose this film because i have a hole in my schedule. So i didn't know exactly what it was about. That's why i didn't hate it, but this movie was a little bit too corny ( specially the scene of the mother who cry with the tacky music). Anyway, the plot of the young teenager who accuse the stepfather of sexual abuse is interesting. A good start with an honest cast who deliver pretty well the emotions. Sadly after 45 mins the story fell with a few cliché and slow down a little bit. If you don't mind about a little touch of TV movie than you'll probably like it, but in the other hand if you search the buried treasure of the 7th art, STAY AWAY.
Les filles du botaniste (2006)
Less powerful than Balsac!!!
It, s a little bit sad to compare this movie with the previous project from director Dai Sijie. But the ingredients are the same, the photography, the decor, the ambiance, even the literature of Balzac is replace with the knowledge of plants. This story of love between two women in 70's China who do anything to be together forever is quit magical if you know than the director was inspire by a real story in China in the early 80's. The character are well written and the build up of the story ( a little bit slow ) is well made. The only thing that spoiled the movies is the love scene between the two girls . They are too long and too often ( OK we know they are in love ). If you put that aside than this movie have some chance to win the competition at the world film festival of Montreal ( That's where i saw it ). So don't expect " Balsac et la petite tailleuse chinoise ", instead enjoy an unusual love story in a rough time China.