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"Brokeback Mountain" is a classic in the hearts of many people, not for heterosexuals or homosexuals. It transcends our customary definition of love that exists over difference. As the first Hollywood work to tear off the distorted mask of same-sex love, it is certainly insurmountable.
However, in 2017, when we were all crazy about "Please call me by your name", foreign media discovered another "Brokeback Mountain".
It is- "The Kingdom of God"
"The Kingdom of God" swept the 20th British Independent Film Awards and won many awards including best film, best screenwriting debut, best actor and so on. At present, on the website of Rotten Tomatoes, the freshness of the slice is as high as 99%, with an average score of 8.2 and 97 fresh and 1 rotten. The MTC website scored 85 points and the IMDb scored 7.8 points.
So, is it true that "The Kingdom of God", which is so highly appraised and even comparable to "Brokeback Mountain"?
The story of "The Kingdom of God" takes place in northern England, and the film is enough to make people feel the coolness here at the beginning. The wind continued to scream, and the empty grassland was sparsely populated. Except for the broken brick walls, only the chill of spring was left.
Johnny, played by Josh O'Connor, is a lonely shepherd in Yorkshire. He is immersed in alcoholism and sex all day long. He vomited on the toilet late at night, and continued to go to the local tavern every few days to get drunk, and was often brought back by others and left on the roadside when he was drunk. In addition, it was a quick, silent sex with a willing guy in the back of the truck.
The 24-year-old Johnny's daily job in Yorkshire is to take care of the sheep on the farm. When the lambing season comes, he also needs to deliver the lambs. He lives with his father Martin and grandmother Dietrich, and his mother was an absent and disappearing role during this period of growth.
Georgi, played by the other protagonist of the film, Alec Secreanu. Georgi is a migrant worker from Romania. He was hired by Johnny's father Martin to help deliver lambs during the lambing season.
Judging from the setting of such a protagonist and the geographical environment, it is indeed easy to remind people of Ang Lee's "Brokeback Mountain". The story of "Brokeback Mountain" takes place in western Wyoming, USA. The two protagonists Ennis and Jack are also shepherds.
However, the emotional flow between the protagonists in "The Kingdom of God" is still different from that of "Brokeback Mountain".
Johnny drove back to Georgi and took him to his cramped residence. But this first meeting between the two was not very pleasant. Johnny always showed dissatisfaction and even slight contempt. He called Georgi a "Gypsy", shrugged to him, and slammed vigorously before leaving. That door that can't be closed no matter what.
The change in their relationship stemmed from the fact that the two went to camp in the wilderness to deliver the lambs together. During the few days when the two were alone, they not only slowly let go of their defenses against each other physically, but also began to subtly accept each other from their hearts and desires. For the unknowingly Johnny, getting along day and night allows him to truly combine the temperature of body and emotion with himself.
After returning to the farm, the flames of lust between the two became more vigorous. However, they all deal with their relationship very low-key. However, the film still sends sweets to the audience from time to time, such as two people lying in a bathtub together, looking at each other and chatting, such as two people leaning on each other naked and discussing another translation of "cock", such as he for her. Licking the wound on the palm of the hand and so on.
"The Kingdom of God" not only focuses on the love between the two, but also portrays Johnny's family relationship, his tense relationship with his father, and his grandmother's understanding of it. These are the methods used by the director to create conflict-rich characters. .
In addition, the director also entrained some of his own thoughts on the current situation in the movie. In the film, a sophisticated European teaches a long-repressed Englishman how to learn to love. Under the current situation of Brexit, what is thrown can even be understood as a question of the contribution of British immigrants.
The director of the film, Francis Lee, was born in Yorkshire, England, where the film's story took place. He studied at Rosebrough College. "The Kingdom of God" was his directorial debut. The film was also nominated for the 67th Berlin Film Festival. There are not many lines in the movie. He uses soulful scheduling to subtly show the relationship between the characters.
Josh O'Connor has played many roles, including him in "The Riot Club" and "The Queen of the Tune". Another Alek Secreanu starred in relatively few works, including "Cannibalism" and so on.
The two male actors also sacrificed a lot for the film. For example, they had sex on the muddy grass. Of course, there were also frontal nude scenes. The two also completed the performance brilliantly.
There are many impressive passages in the film. For example, after Georgi left Johnny, Johnny put on his clothes. We have seen a lot of similar passages like this, as is the boy in "Love, Simple".
Of course, the sweetest part of the film is the end everyone is talking about. Johnny went to Georgi, and the two met their heads, their mouths slowly met, and kissed. Everything in the camera, the two were in the driving car, and Johnny leaned on Georgi's shoulder and fell asleep.
In their relationship, the dialogue of "FREAK" appeared in two important scenes, and the "FREAK" and "FUCK OFF" that went back and forth became the warmest, sweetest and most special words.
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