This film, very much of its time shows London in the early 1970's. Of course now a different world. Note the old fashion Underground ticket machines, and the Black and White Telly in the flat. The location looks very much like Churchill Gardens, Pimlico, with Battersea Power Station in the background. And, plenty of smoking going on, in pubs, and on the tube. The film is strangely sexy in its own way, with the young girl playing along with the much older man, its really a sexual fantasy come true. It is another one of those British low budget film where the low budget adds to rather that take away value. Watch for fun, which is what it is.
老年同志本(约翰·利特高 John Lithgow 饰)和乔治(阿尔弗雷德·莫里纳 Alfred Molina 饰)相守近四十年。在纽约州同性婚姻合法后,他们终于可以在曼哈顿举行田园诗意般的婚礼、许下终生相伴的誓言。然而此举却让教会学校找到理由解聘了乔治。顿失经济来源的两人变得无法承担公寓租金,迫于无奈下惟有搬离多年爱巢,各自寄住于不同亲友的家中。婚礼上言犹在耳的温馨祝福转眼化为人情冷暖的现实考验。就在他们为寻找新居奔走时,两地分居的生活也在考验着他们白发苍苍的爱情。 导演艾拉·萨克斯曾凭借《点亮灯光》荣获柏林电影节泰迪熊奖,最新力作《爱很怪》不只是一部同志电影,它讲述的是相濡以沫的生活本身,在各式各样的烦恼和琐碎中让人感受到安静流淌的爱。
Bouzid’s sophomore film details the sexual awakening of Ahmed, a young French man of Algerian origins. His encounters with Farah, recently arrived from Tunis, paired with Arab erotic literature, forces him to reexamine his understanding of himself.
When the mother of his infant son unexpectedly passes away, struggling actor Mark grapples with fatherhood and his inability to grow up. And when he sparks with a single mother, he learns how his choices have real-life consequences.
1946年一个雨夜,小说家莫里斯·本德里克斯(拉尔夫·费恩斯Ralph Fiennes 饰)邂逅身为外交官的故友亨利·梅尔斯(斯蒂芬·瑞 Stephen Rea 饰)。从亨利口中,莫里斯得知对方的妻子莎拉(朱丽安·摩尔 Julianne Moore 饰)似乎正有一段外遇 ,这令他妒火中烧。原来,两年前莫里斯曾和莎拉暗通款曲,两人经常背着亨利共享鱼水之欢。但在一次大轰炸过后,莎拉却从床底上绝然离去。始终耿耿于怀的莫里斯接受了亨利的请求,帮助好友调查莎拉的行踪,然而结果却令他唏嘘不已,感慨良多……
本片根据格雷厄姆·格林(Graham Greene)1951年的神秘浪漫主义的自传体小说改编,并荣获2000年英国电影和电视艺术学院奖最佳剧本奖。