This film is a base film. Among the many beautiful pictures full of handsome guys and handsome guys sing praises for the epic love between the same sex, shouting that homosexuality is not a heterogeneity, supporting gays and anti-discrimination, this film is really an anomaly. The movie is full of middle-aged idiots with fat waists, and from time to time a simple and rude wild-hearted or something, the picture is full of sensuality and no beauty.
Of course, it would be a pity to simply treat it as a heavy-duty GV. What the director wants to express is much deeper than that. The story takes place on the edge of a beautiful lake, with fresh and lush woods surrounding the sparkling waters of the lake. But the seemingly calm lake is actually dark and turbulent full of murderous intent. Just like the dialogue at the beginning of the film, "Have you ever seen a 5-meter-long catfish?" The protagonist does not believe that there are 5-meter-long catfish. Fatty said that 4-meter-long ones are very common, so there must be 5-meter-long ones, but the protagonist does not believe that there are 5-meter-long catfish. I haven't seen it, so he doesn't believe it. So he swam as usual, ignoring the threat of the catfish in the lake at all - the mortal danger (desire)
and then the man who attracted the male protagonist appeared - a handsome bearded man with a great body. Here I can't help but want to shout: French men are so handsome! ! ! That mysterious and seductive temperament is simply! ! ! Cough cough In short, the male protagonist was undoubtedly in the same mood as me at the time. He fell in love with him, and the two lingered day by day by the lake. The male protagonist loves the handsome guy with the beard madly, even if the handsome guy doesn't want to have any further relationship with him, even if he witnesses the handsome guy kill the last buddy.
People always say, do we have sex with a guy or do we want to have sex with him because of love? Are we in love with him, or with his mystique and our own desire to conquer. For the male protagonist, he is undoubtedly in love with the beautiful body and mysterious temperament of the bearded man. The sperm naively thought that they could conquer him, obeyed their desires and took risks, automatically ignoring the potential danger, such as the catfish in the lake. fish.
I have to say, although this movie doesn't have many lines, every word is precious. There is a sentence in it, "Is it possible to sleep with others only by fucking others?" It's really sad. Perhaps this is the real reason why the male protagonist does not give up on the bearded man. Even if the bearded man refuses again and again, he still asks him carefully after each love, hey, come to my house for the night? Perhaps only sleeping together can make the night less lonely and long.
The gay circle is a very strange circle, as the movie said, it is very small, two strangers can come with just one look. But let alone love, no one even cares about the death of their partner. Even after the murder, people came to the lake to shoot wild guns as usual. They walk on the edge of desire, worshiping the beautiful flesh, even for their own safety. This way of falling in love is "ridiculous and strange". In the movies, people don't wear condoms when they shoot. In real life, such situations are not uncommon in gay circles. Everyone knows that this is very dangerous, but they don't care. Perhaps for many comrades, they have long lost their hopes and illusions about tomorrow.
At the end of the film, the male protagonist calls out the bearded man's name in a trembling tone, which is touching. Perhaps for him, more terrifying than death is unfulfilled desire and boundless loneliness. He could never escape.
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