The film "Storm Land" tells the story of a young Hungarian footballer Szabolc and his roommate Bernard when he played in Germany. After returning home from the team, he worked as a beekeeper on his grandfather's abandoned farm. The unexpected intrusion of Aaron, a sturdy mason apprentice, made Sauborqi feel throbbing in his heart, and the two developed a love that was not recognized by the local villagers. While they were under pressure and started running the farm together, Bernard came all the way from Germany, hoping to persuade his friend to go back to playing football. His arrival set off an emotional storm among the three...
The movie resolves the conflict with an ambiguous threesome. In reality, the prototypes of Sobolch and Allen were killed and dismembered by a third party. "If I had told a true story, the motives of the film would have been jealousy and madness, not social homophobia," the director explained to the audience at the premiere at the Berlin Film Festival. He wanted to show that in the devoutly religious Eastern European countryside, "people have no solution to homophobia, and it is homophobia that causes murder". After the film's protagonist's sexual orientation spread, they were both beaten up and isolated by villagers. The director said that such a situation is not uncommon in Hungary.
Germany is one of the countries in Europe that protects the rights and interests of gays better. However, compared with the system, there is still a long way to go to change people's hearts and attitudes. For example, Ulrich Ortlieb, director of the Hamburg Film Festival, felt after watching the film and attending the premiere: "When they tell the real story, not what is shown in the film, I thought ok, it turned out to be worse in Hungary. What."
Reprinted from "Danlan.com"
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