Wh BFI Flare: London LGBTQ+ Film Ftival upon , we ntue our celebratn of queer cema wh a look at some of the bt lbian, gay and trans films om Sndavia and the Nordic untri.
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GAY ROMANCE GROWS DURG A MOMENT THE REEDS
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Both of the lead actors are gay, and their chemistry the film is palpable. It’s sold to a few terrori already while tourg primarily gay fts. Though they’re dog their bt to be civil, ’s a straed rnn: Leevi clearly still blam his tacurn dad for murky circumstanc around his now-ceased mother’s parture long ago, while Juoko n fd snt mon ground wh a gay son who’s n off to Paris to study lerature.
Janne Puten stars the movg 2017 Fnish gay romance film A Moment the Reeds as stunt Leevi, who returns to Fland om Paris to help his tranged father rtore his lake hoe for sale, and meets his Syrian refugee helper Tareq. Janne Puten stars the movg 2017 Fnish gay romance film A Moment the Reeds as gay lerature stunt Leevi, who returns to his native Fland om universy Paris for the summer to help his tranged, nservative father rtore the fay untrysi lake hoe for sale.
A prodigal son and a Syrian refugee are thrown together the Fnish untrysi this spare, tense gay romance. * boodi kabbani gay *
It turns out they are both gay, and both livg other untri seemgly to get away om their parents.
He’s homophobic and xenophobic, disgted that Leevi isn’t more manly and that Tareq n’t speak Fnish and that they all have to munite, if at all, English.
A prodigal son and a Syrian refugee are thrown together the Fnish untrysi this spare, tense gay romance. * boodi kabbani gay *
It is rare to have a feature-length Fnish film addrsg gay relatnships. Mäkelä cid: ‘Castg gay actors for gay rol was the only optn that ma sense for me. MOMENT IN THE REEDS opens wh gay unrgraduate stunt Leevi (Janne Puten) revisg his hometown Fland to help renovate the fay’s lake hoe.
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No surpris then when the helper, who is a Syrian refugee turns out to be gay and he and Leevi have really hot sex before the father returns. Havg to e his son as terpreter, he has to put asi his distaste for his gay son and his immigrant employee and the three have to work together to get the hoe pleted, all while Leevi slowly begs to fall for the newer their are tim when this Fnish movie feels like ’s gog down the same route as God’s Own Country.
Reviews:Review by Dennis Harvey by Nilas Raff by Emma Vtrheim Cema by Birchenough The Arts by Lee Jutton Film by Rich Cle Shadows on the by Christopher Zumski Fke The by Eric Langberg by Pip Ellwood-Hugh Entertament by David-Elijah Nahmod In by Alistair Ryr Gay by Roger Walker-Dack Edge Media by Jennie Kermo Eye for by Ifan Llevelyn QX by Joe Lipsett Queer. He also st two openly gay actors the leadg rol, notg a tweet, “Castg gay actors for gay rol was the only optn that ma sense for me on A Moment the Reeds.