There is no so-called youthful affectation and piercing heartbreak here

Edgardo 2022-10-30 17:10:17

This is the first time I have come into contact with Brazilian films. It is not so much that I am amazed, but I am impressed by his small, fresh and beautiful style. This is a movie about youth, which takes place between three boys and girls.

The protagonist Leo is a blind man, but he goes to a normal school and has been inseparable with his friend Jiwana of the opposite sex since he was a child. As a blind man, there is no doubt that his family's love or concern for him is more intense than that of ordinary people, and even a little restricts Leo's freedom. Although Leo even needs Jiwana's help to get the key to open the door, Leo desperately longs for freedom and independence. With the addition of transfer student Gabriel, the two who were inseparable gradually turned into a threesome. As the saying goes: three people, there must be loneliness. Inevitably, Leo snubbed his best friend Jiwana a bit in his relationship with Gabriel, so Jiwana felt very angry, just like most of us, when we saw our best friend playing with others and ignored it We, too, feel jealous and angry. These are like the title of the movie, Love, Simple. These are all simple loves in adolescence, without too many emotional entanglements and interest disputes, and of course there is no rebellious, unruly, and abortion of domestic youth films. Well, I don't know why domestic youth movies are so pretentious. During the nearly two hours, my mood gradually changed with the development of the story. There was no fast rhythm, no blinding stunts, not to mention the domineering president's heart and dog cruelty. There are only sincere friendship and A ignorant love between two teenagers.

In fact, as Jiwana, who has been with the male protagonist all the time, there is still a trace of affection for the male protagonist in her heart, but under the cover of strong friendship, it is not so obvious. When Jiwana asked Leo what to do with her first kiss, she joked if she could be the object of her first kiss, but when she heard that Leo didn't want to waste her first kiss, Jiwana couldn't hide the disappointment on her face, of course. These are invisible to Leo. And later, when Leo solemnly told Jiwana that he liked Gabriel, Jiwana may have been deeply hurt by 10,000, and then left in a panic. Well, in this way, do you actually have a little bit of love hidden in your heart for your friends of the opposite sex? Because this kind of feeling is parasitic on a strong friendship, so I can only secretly hide it in my heart. And Gabriel, as a little fresh meat popular with girls, is of course the bees and butterflies around him. Whenever this happens, poor Leo's face will always be lost, but Nai Hes is a man, of course he can't be openly jealous , only the eyelashes are trembling.

Gabriel also felt joy in getting along with Leo. They went to the park to watch the lunar eclipse together late at night. On the empty street, riding a bicycle, rippling with the laughter of a youthful and cheerful boy. Maybe Gabriel was a little aware that he liked Leo a little bit, and he was struggling, so he deliberately walked so close to another girl in the class who liked him. Originally, in the early part of the film, I thought the plot was that Jiwana liked Leo, and the transfer students liked Jiwana, and the transfer students deliberately alienated them, and it ended in the end. The two men were happily together, huh, what a surprise.

As the director of this film, or it is precisely to express the love between the same sex, it is just like the love between ordinary men and women. Such a fresh film of same-sex love, well, the director is also gay, so in this film, perhaps more of the director's own feelings are injected to better interpret same-sex love. The predecessor of this film is an extension of a short film that the director won many awards in 2010. Needless to say, it already has a certain popularity, and there should be a lot of fans, so the expectations for this long feature are also full. full. Having said that, I don’t seem to be very familiar with South American movies in China. In contrast, the small freshness of gay themes in Thailand, such as “YES OR NO” and “Love of Siam”, have received a lot more attention. , open the web page to search for this movie, no matter the movie reviews or other information, it is much less than the above two movies. But it's actually a good movie.



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  • Giovana: [watching Karina meet Gabriel outside the boys' bathroom] She's such a slut, isn't she? There. She's made her move. She is all friendly, talking to him, playing with her hair. She touched his shoulder, Leo. And his hand! She doesn't even know if he's washed it.

  • Carlos: I was thinking about the exchange program you talked about.

    Leonardo: Really?

    Carlos: Really, but you can't talk while you're shaving.

    Leonardo: Sorry.

    Carlos: I'm trying to understand your desire to go so far away. I think it's natural, especially at your age, to want to see other places, meet new people, make other friends. I think it's normal, but I also think it's very natural to fight with your parents. I was like that, too, but it's too extreme to leave the country to run away from the fights. You know... I'm thinking about talking to your mother about the program, but first I need to understand if you want to go for the right reasons. Do you agree, Leo? Do you agree?

    Leonardo: Can I talk now?