'Firebird' Review: Peeter Rebane's Gay Cold War Romance Feels All Too Route

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'Firebird' follows a clanste gay romance between Estonian private Sergey and fighter pilot Roman occupied Estonia durg the Cold War.

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‘FIREBIRD’ REVIEW: STEAMY GAY COLD WAR DRAMA RELLS RSIA’S PAST ATROCI

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Both a Cold War thriller and a te story of a secret love, Rebane's feature highlights the steamy passns of young gay romance an environment where exprsg such feelgs is lethal.

It won an honorable mentn for Bt First film has also screened at Mosw Internatnal Film Ftival, Durban Internatnal Film Ftival, Outft Los Angel LGBTQ Film Ftival, and Hong Kong Lbian & Gay Film Ftival. Based on a memoir by Sergey Fetisov, the steamy Cold War drama honors this lost chapter of gay history wh a handsome renrg that only ocsnally stumbl unr the weight of historil accuracy.

Based on a te story, Firebird follows a gay romance that took place 1970s occupied Estonia durg the Cold War.

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Related | First Look at Fire Island: A Morn-Gay Pri and Prejudice. It’s not very often that we see gay historil dramas, but Firebird beg a gay romance based on a te story is particularly rehg. Related | This Vtage Photo Offers a Rare Glimpse at Gay History.

‘FIREBIRD’ CAPTUR FORBIDN GAY ROMANCE DURG THE COLD WAR

‘Firebird’ Captur Forbidn Gay Romance Durg The Cold War.

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“Beg gay was a crimal offence. ” Rebane knew he was gay at the age of ne. ”Remarkably for a film wh such overtly gay ntent, several exterr scen were filmed Mosw.

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“After that, ” adds Prr, “there was a plat about beg ‘homosexual propaganda’.

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Though safe for the moment thanks to Jean’s quick-thkg plan to pass her off as a Gallic employee of his fay’s lndry bs, Sara watch horror as her homosexual protector is forced to a Nazi labor mp as a tragic rult of a bad cisn ma by Jean’s troublome brother Jacqu (Nilas Gob). This is a betifully tragic queer war film, showg the harsh reali of France durg the German occupatn as affects to both Jews and Homosexuals. There are some great exampl of that terrifyg time, and even how they found the abily to enjoy themselv; the scene Groff’s is rather enjoyable – until the tth that homosexuals are now beg targeted sks .

‘FIREBIRD’ REVIEW: PEETER REBANE’S GAY COLD WAR ROMANCE FEELS ALL TOO ROUTE

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