Paris-set gay two-hanr hs home wh highly explic openg. DVD film review by Tom Birchenough
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MORN FRENCH GAY LOVE STORY
Thanks to the brave young actors and the cematic verve of the directors (a real life uple, bt known prevly for the gay road trip movie The Adventur of Felix, 2000) what follows their anonymo enunter, is an unexpectedly movg and even sweet movie about buddg relatnships, personal rponsibily, and ank honty. Is HIV still the biggt threat gay men nowadays?
FRENCH, GAY, AND L NEON: WHY DON'T LOOK DOWN CHECKS ALL MY BOX
Such is the se wh Paris 05:59 - Theo & Hugo, a remarkable French movie (wh English subtl), wrten and directed by the real-life uple of Olivier Dustel and Jacqu Marte, that begs wh a lt-filled, "harr, harr" enunter between two young gay men at 4:27 a.
The dynamic that follows is not only believable, but reflective of oft-harsh reali among timate gay men the Age of AIDS. ” — e almost 20 mut to a dreay choreographed ee-for-all the basement of a gay Parisian sex club.
” Unlike that film’s characters, however, Théo and Hugo have thoroughly explored each other’s bodi before openg up their nsequenc of that will e the men to fight and the film to shift to an almost clil tone as the reali of gay romance — and how Paris seeks to protect s more reckls lovers — temporarily rail the uple’s growg fatuatn.