The ia was to show the hypocrisy of Morocn society by showg how many gay men are livg quietly straight society. It backfired badly.
Contents:
- DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
- EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
DOZENS OF GAY MEN ARE OUTED MOROC AS PHOTOS ARE SPREAD ONLE
Campillo parallels olr man Daniel preyg on youth orr to exame aspects of gay experience that are still subject to crimalizatn and, due to var, long-standg social equi (poverty, vagrancy, homophobia), serve to be and Marek's attachment (blocked by language barriers) om the lonels each one feels: Daniel's barren middle-class habs and Marek's uncerta prospects. Their relatnship isn't your standard gay love story. This same problem ed Lrent Cantet's Headg South, an obv Marxist crique of lonial Europe (scripted by Campillo) which rapac olr whe female vatners preyed on black Caribbean, Campillo's fascatn wh the reali of social exploatn -- steadily shown lengthy ntemplative posns -- works better than Headg South; particularly when he observ gay sire that is as strong, disptive and immediate as today's social, polil yearng.
Both characters -- both performers -- exprs the tensn, the threat, the temptatn of gay sire, and humanize . I also met wh a group of gay and transgenr refuge who faced the double stigma of beg both refuge and sexual and genr mori. One gay man told me how, Syria, he had been taed for four months, durg which he and other male tae were raped anally wh sticks and bottl.
EAST EUROPEAN GAY FILMS. A gay male uple Sarajevo, Kenan, a Bosnian, and Milan, a Serb, plan to emigrate to the gay-iendly Netherlands, but the war strands them Serb-ntrolled terrory, and Kenan adopts female drag to avoid beg found out as a circumcised Mlim.
EASTERN EUROPE WAS ONCE A WORLD LEAR ON GAY RIGHTS. THEN RAN OUT OF SPEGOATS
Ranka eventually outs the gay men to Milan's father, while Milan is drafted to the Serbian army and killed. The sole woman among the leads is the e of all nflict, while Milan's father and bt iend accept his gay affair wh equanimy.
In Fe Dead Girls Iva and Marija move to an apartment buildg that is home to a rogu' gallery of characters: a war veteran sufferg om post-trmatic strs, a prostute paid to break up the uple by a prit who is one girl's father, a homophobic gon of an apartment manager, and her son, a slacker mama's boy who rap one of the pair to prove his masculy.
The film tak aim at the btaly and amoraly of ntemporary Croatian society, targetg patriarchy, natnalism, and the Catholic Church, as well as homophobia. gay, and there are tercut shots of sry old Germans and Prague fountas.