Waste of time

Excellent but underrated film

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

There are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.

beautifully photographed! captivating concept in relating this story of personal infatuation. minimal dialog keeps the viewer glued to the facial and body movements of the two main characters to know what is happening in the story.i read through some of the other reviews and there seems to be a loved it or hated it conflict. i didn't love it nor do i hate it! i think the other reviewers missed what happened in the first 30 plus minutes in the story. i think gerado is recalling his relationship with jonas - that's what we are seeing. (think of the people passing by and they never notice the guys kissing in public - that's because he's just thinking about it) the story doesn't really begin until gerado is trying to get back with jonas. he's over the infatuation with serjio. and the lyrics in the song are a good indication on what is happening in gerado's head.the movie is too long and the sex scenes are just too involved. the viewer knows whats the relationship is between these to guys and the sex scene become more about voyeurism!this is not a movie for the 'average' person. but if you love unique artistic cinema this is a must see!

This film achieves a new low in utter contemptible failure it is so awful. The only reason I sat through the first 45 minutes or so is because I was with my bud who will watch anything. And I mean anything. He says he has better taste buds than I do. Yeah right. I really tried to get into this film, I really did. But I actually hated everything about it - everything. It actually got to be a game with me - just how bad could this film be? Then, finally, I realized it was not going to redeem itself in any way, that it just was going to be a stinker to the last scene and I was in no mood for a stinker - I just do not have the time for stinkers and this film stinks to high heaven.

This could have been the gay counterpart to Gone With The Wind given its epic lenght, but instead it satisfied itself by being a huge chain of empty episodes in which absolutely nothing occurs. The characters are uni-dimensional and have no other development in the story (there's actually no story either) than looking for each other and kissing. It's a shame that an interesting aesthetic proposition like having almost no dialog is completely wasted in a film than makes no effort in examining the psychology of its characters with some dignity, and achieving true emotional resonance. On top of that, it pretends to be an "art" film by using the worst naive clichés of the cinematic snobbery. But anyway, if someone can identify with its heavy banality, I guess that's fine.

This movie is simply far too long, far too repetitive, with the male nudity and sexuality being (as this is said as a gay with my own collection of adult titles) far too gratuitous and unnecessary. Much of the first third of the movie could have been cut down to ten minutes and been equally as effective without trying the patience (and stamina) of an audience.I saw this movie on an early Saturday afternoon, with a film festival audience; the type of crowd that tends to be more adventuresome, interested in more experimental or atypical films, such as one without much dialog, shorts, foreign films. The near sell out crowd in an approximate 275 seat theater started to dribble out within the first half of the movie and while the great majority did stay for the "pay off" (which never actually arrived), I have never, in about 14 years of attending any number of film festivals, experimental, gay and otherwise, seen such a large number of people walk away from a film. This movie could easily have been cut down by more than half and been as effective as it was. It also could have gone in different directions, still with a shorter running time, and been far more effective.As it currently exists, this is not something that one can readily recommend or one I would have any desire to watch again.