it is strange to expect more. nice young actors, predictable story, right historical frame and the correct end. nothing surprising or new or seductive. except, maybe, the room. the friendship becoming love is one of the most comfortable idea. the challenge is the manner to use it. in this case, the old recipes, consecrated by another many films about same theme, seems be perfect. "Dear friend " is far to be a bad film. it is only the decent example of ordinary gay short movie. nothing moved. all - at the perfect place. and this is the only sin of it. to ignore the good opportunities, to escape from an year and a town for give a real seductive story. but this is it . a cozy film with conventional end.