I decided to buy this DVD last week when it was first released in UK, apprehensive in some ways it would be another run-of-the-mill gay movie. I need hardly have worried, as it turned out to be a very high quality production. I liked choice of actors, and it was well directed. Full plaudits to Riemelt and Koffler both ideally suited to the allotted roles. The script was credible and authentic to our times. However, I would have been happier had we seen Marc and Kay socialising more often in everyday pursuits as they would have done during their brief affair, lunching, trips into the countryside,trips to a cinema or theatre, but all we saw were jogging outings in the woods, having sex in Kay's apartment, and a night in a gay disco. Their love, thus for me, was not as firmly established as I would have wished ideally. As it stands,the affair is left to look like sexual attraction only. Kay did declare his love for Marc but it was only on the final time, that I was beginning to believe it, yet, am still pondering what drew Kay to Marc and vice versa,and why did both fall in love, other than the obvious physicality of both guys. In conclusion, a very good little film, gives much food for thought many hours after viewing, always the sign of a movie at the top end of its market. I would like to see more gay/bi-themed films of this standard and will be looking for others with Riemelt and Koffler in the future.
