New stunt Gabriel (Fab Audi) and his bld classmate Leo (Ghilherme Lobo) "The Way He Looks" BY NATHANIEL ROGERS Ne months after s but at the Berlale ftival, the gay Brazilian h THE WAY HE LOOKS (reviewed earlier at Towleroad) is still llectg the hearts of dienc everywhere shows. And that's a lot of plac now. After theatril ns France and Brazil 's currently playg multiple US ci, the UK and Hong Kong and soon expands to Taiwan and Swen. This super charmg g-of-age movie charts the slow bloomg romance between Leo, a bld stunt, and Gabriel, the new kid town. Leo's bt girl iend Gvana (Ts Amorim) don't react well. If you haven't seen yet, seek out. You'll have a new favore to add to your Bt Gay Movi list. Those who've already fallen for s assured storytellg and sensive actg might be surprised to hear that 's the but feature of not only s young wrer/director but also s prciple tr of actors. I spoke wh the 32 year old director Daniel Ribeiro this week about his breakout film which has been selected by Brazil to reprent them at the Osrs. NR: You’ve been gettg great reviews, awards, and dience rponse sce the premiere. Is this the bt year of your life or what? DANIEL RIBEIRO: Probably, yeah! [Lghter] It’s been really excg. How did you feel when your film was selected to pete for the Foreign Language Film Osr? It was surprisg. It's a very polil choice for our untry. Even if we don’t get selected, is the film that is talked about now. Brazil -- we’re an tertg place. We have a lot of visibily. People are talkg about the issu. Young kids are more fortable about beg out. But we have a lot of problems wh LGBT rights. We have a very nservative ngrs and we have a lot of homophobe ngrsmen stayg stupid thgs. That sounds faiar! MORE AFTER THE JUMP...
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WEEKEND STREAM: ‘THE WAY HE LOOKS,’ A GEM FROM NETFLIX’S GAY & LBIAN SECTN
Sexualy: Gay. Gay.
If you’ve watched as much LGBT cema as me, you would know two thgs for sure: you’re fely gay, and gay g-of-age dramas n often be very, well, dramatic. But the lovely Brazilian film The Way He Looks, the protagonist’s homosexualy is not an overwrought plot pot, and more notably, neher is the fact that he is bld.
Like sayg your drk is empty so you n leave an awkward nversatn or pretendg you were too dnk to remember a gay moment (actually that’s not jt rerved for high school, OKAY). It would’ve been a ftg tle for what beme “The Way He Looks, ” a litely renred snapshot of a young man named Leo’s pursu of his first kiss, a seemgly benign task until you disver he is bld and he disvers he is gay.