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Gay romance ‘End of the Century’ follows two men, an Argente and a Spaniard, who rennect 20 years after a brief dalliance. * end of the century gay *

Evotive purple ski bear wns to a tantalizg and termg flg Luc Castro’s stcturally dac but “End of the Century, ” the gay equivalent of Richard Lklater’s “Before” trilogy, distilled to a sgle film that’s nstcted of buoyant enunters separated by two s, nversatnal walks through a European cy, and the illn of a married-wh-children future.

“End of the Century, ” the trigugly told story of a romantic relatnship between two men that spans 20 or so years, evok Andrew Haigh’s fe “Weekend” as well as a kd of gay sp on Richard Lklater’s “Before” films.

Eher way, we root for Ocho and Javi’s happs; they’re good guys and they seem to serve, wh the help of his fe lead actors, nails so many of the relatable actns, reactns and nuanc — the “chs game” of all — that n occur between new or potential lovers, particularly gay on. A triptych of snapshots, two real and one possibly imaged, om the liv of two gay men, wrer-director Luc Castro’s End of the Century is at s most tense, and sexit, when ’s also at s most unknowable. The story of so many gay men’s g out is siar, so ’s perhaps evable that Ocho and Javi’s nversatns about who they are and who they want to be not only mirrors Wojnarowicz’s wrg, but also Andrew Haigh’s Weekend.

REVIEW: GAY ROMANCE ‘END OF THE CENTURY’ PTUR THE NUANC OF LOVE AND SEX OVER TIME

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E., for lbians, gays [homosexual mal], bisexuals, transgenr persons, and queer persons); seeks to elimate sodomy laws; and lls for an end to discrimatn agast LGBTQ persons employment, cred, hog, public acmodatns, and other areas of life.

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) Gay rights prr to the 20th century Relig admonns agast sexual relatns between dividuals of the same sex (particularly men) long stigmatized such behavur, but most legal s Europe were silent on the subject of homosexualy and bisexualy. The begng of the gay rights movement Before the end of the 19th century there were srcely any “movements” for gay rights.

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‘END OF THE CENTURY REVIEW’: A POWERFUL AND HONT GAY ROMANCE

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‘END OF THE CENTURY’ FILM REVIEW: LH GAY ROMANCE EXPLOR PATHS NOT TAKEN

REVIEW: GAY ROMANCE ‘END OF THE CENTURY’ PTUR THE NUANC OF LOVE AND SEX OVER TIME

‘END OF THE CENTURY’ TRAILER: SWOONG GAY ROMANCE IS THE ARGENTE ANSWER TO ‘WEEKEND’

GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT