I'm a fan of Pierre Deladonchamps and have been since seeing all of his glory in "Stranger By The Lake". He has something that is the epitome of the sexy French man and it's hard not to be drawn to him. It was a shame then that I was so disappointed and even a bit bored watching this film.
I don't think it really had much of a story, it was certainly hard to follow and as with so many things these days, I found it lacking in the supposed romance. There was however a lot of lust and sleeping around, drugs and all the other things that get attached to gay storylines.
The history of the AIDS crisis is very important and perhaps, with all of the other films out there, this one tried not to focus too much on that element in an attempt to make something different. In that case though, why make it about that at all? He could quite easily have just been depressed or had cancer.
As with most foreign cinema that I watch I did find that it was beautifully, carefully and thoughtfully filmed and produced, but I honestly did get bored and was frustrated that I couldn't speak French, because it meant that I couldn't play on my phone whilst waiting for the end to come. It may be that, once again, not knowing the language has put a barrier up that prevents me from enjoying the story. If I could hear the exact words and the inflections I might be wowed by the performance, but sadly in this case I just didn't get it.
I think that there are better films out there that cover the same story without it being as muddy, but Pierre is still very beautiful.
I don't think it really had much of a story, it was certainly hard to follow and as with so many things these days, I found it lacking in the supposed romance. There was however a lot of lust and sleeping around, drugs and all the other things that get attached to gay storylines.
The history of the AIDS crisis is very important and perhaps, with all of the other films out there, this one tried not to focus too much on that element in an attempt to make something different. In that case though, why make it about that at all? He could quite easily have just been depressed or had cancer.
As with most foreign cinema that I watch I did find that it was beautifully, carefully and thoughtfully filmed and produced, but I honestly did get bored and was frustrated that I couldn't speak French, because it meant that I couldn't play on my phone whilst waiting for the end to come. It may be that, once again, not knowing the language has put a barrier up that prevents me from enjoying the story. If I could hear the exact words and the inflections I might be wowed by the performance, but sadly in this case I just didn't get it.
I think that there are better films out there that cover the same story without it being as muddy, but Pierre is still very beautiful.