I love this movie so much. It is one of my all time favourite films. The transitions to and from the framing device are imaginative and well-shot.
The three leads in the flashback narrative are amazing. Really everyone does an excellent job acting in their unisex world.
The love story is tender and full of young heartache. The use of the recurring St. Sebastian monologues is always moving. In many ways the film is very evocative of old school, hardcore Catholic Québeçois values and the toxic environment that can engender.
Danny Gilmore is so lovingly bathed in light in this film. The way his finely boned physique is captured in the bath scene with the water and leaves is striking.
I don't know how to describe this movie except as Romeo and Juliet between 2 men reenacted as a confessional play in a men's prison if Romeo and Juliet's tragedy was replaced with that of St. Sebastian with a hint of Iago's jealousy from Othello.
Just go watch it.
The three leads in the flashback narrative are amazing. Really everyone does an excellent job acting in their unisex world.
The love story is tender and full of young heartache. The use of the recurring St. Sebastian monologues is always moving. In many ways the film is very evocative of old school, hardcore Catholic Québeçois values and the toxic environment that can engender.
Danny Gilmore is so lovingly bathed in light in this film. The way his finely boned physique is captured in the bath scene with the water and leaves is striking.
I don't know how to describe this movie except as Romeo and Juliet between 2 men reenacted as a confessional play in a men's prison if Romeo and Juliet's tragedy was replaced with that of St. Sebastian with a hint of Iago's jealousy from Othello.
Just go watch it.