![]() ![]() In the post-film question and answer session with the director and actors, there was a woman from the audience who did ask why they didn’t talk about the problems or politics of coming out, or of being gay in Brazil. And those stories are just as worth sharing as the others.ĭirector/screenwriter duo Filipe Matzembacher and Marcio Reolon on the stage at Berlinale Not everyone has a bad experience coming out. There’s a sweetness to the story, a youthfulness-and, importantly, also a realness. I appreciate so much of gay/queer cinema, but much of it tends to focus on extreme problems or extreme drama. This gay film doesn’t tell a bad story-there’s no struggle for equality, no serious drama about coming out. It’s just the awkwardness between two teenage friends. The coming out experience isn’t fraught with problems. Once the friend figured it out, though, he’s totally cool with it-and simply offers a cigarette. For much of the film, you might assume he’s living a closeted life, but as it turns out-the boy is already out and his internal struggle is simply about telling his friend. And what made Beira Mar so charming and so sweet, is the way that his “coming out” is told. I’m sorry, but this movie just makes me want to talk.Ĭlearly, by this point, you’ve probably figured out that one of the boys in the film is gay. Each boy needed to come to terms with his own problem.įrom here on out, I may write some spoilers, so, uh, yeah-watch out. They each have their own issues and while on a short trip together to the Brazilian seaside ( one of my favorite places to think, if you remember…), they must resolve them. The film tells the story of two teenage boys on a short journey of self-discovery. Film screenshot – don’t you just love the actor’s blue hair?! ![]()
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