Bel ami gay film

A contemplative black comedy about a disguised gay community in freezing northeast China, shot in dark and white…

Geng Jun’s stark, satirical gay film Bel Ami takes a comical look at a hidden lgbtq+ community in China’s frozen northeast. Shot in black and white and laced with humorous dialogue, the slow-paced 116-minute-long drama relates the painful encounters of several mature male lover men seeking cherish and identity in a forgotten town at a day before cellphones were a thing in China. The clip took home four major prizes at the Golden Horse in Taiwan last year, but is unlikely to notice the light of day back in China because of its sensitive theme.

Bel Ami’s leading character Zhang Zhiyong (Zhang Zhiyong) is a closeted gay man in his late 40s enduring life in a traditional marriage. After years of deception, Zhang decides to come out one winter night. He pokes around in his frigid neighbourhood and meets several men, thinking they are queer as well looking for “true love.” Yet meaningful queer intimacy proves elusive in this deserted border town.

We’re talking about the 2010s in Hegang, a rust-belt, former mining community in China’s Helongjiang province where conservative

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Bel Ami is a very memorable “boring” film of middle-aged gay encounters. Less of a narrative course, more of a loop-a-round that draws in ambiguity and serendipity, then oozes out relishing moments of serenity with surprising sparkles of snark. Because of this, I cycled between dozing off and tuning back in throughout the runtime. 

Bel Ami accents the endearment in everyday encounters in its languid pace, while shading the unalike personalities with a tender black-and-white. Sometimes it feels like cinematography exercises, but there’s a presence of peaceful idleness, permeated with a subtle optimism, that allows one to locate satisfaction in its slackening stroll. To appreciate boredom requires a lot of patience, but it is through Geng Jun’s tender touch that Bel Ami whispers life into the slow grayscale and dullness. All the commentary about individuality and freedom flies over my head because I am too soaked in the vibe. It’s a rare kind of feeling I seldom come across in cinema yet .

Seen at Syndicated Bar Theater Kitchen as part of Nooks & Crannies programming. 

Источник: https://letterboxd.com/tomchan333/film/bel-ami-2024/

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Events happen very quick, it's mainly fully understandable to those who contain actually read, loved, discussed and grasped the novel!

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!!!…having read the book not only once, in German but also in French, I was impressed by this show adaptation of the French classic novel by Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) .

I must admit however, that the events happen very speedy (it is very firm to pack such an intense and complex story into 160minutes) and it's mainly fully understandable to those who have actually read, loved, discussed and grasped the novel. The movie incorporates many swift innuendos and hints at passages taken directly from the novel. It is is very accurate to, and there are even scenes and dialogues unbent from, the novel. The relevant essence of 19th century French society rules is obvious. And even though the director skips some of the specific historical and political details, the viewer gets indications and references to trap on. The actors/characters from the book, especially the ladies in question, couldn't be cast more perfectly Uma Thurman, the immaculate repres

Bel Ami is a 2012 drama film directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod and starring Robert Pattinson, Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Christina Ricci, Colm Meaney and Holliday Grainger. It is based on the 1885 French novel Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant.

The story centers on Georges Duroy (Pattinson), a financially (and morally) bankrupt swindler who plots his rise in Parisian society by seducing a series of well-off and powerful women.

Not to be confused with the gay porn studio, which was also named after the novel.

This film features examples of:

  • Comforting the Widow: As soon as Georges's friend Charles dies, he puts the moves on his wife Madelaine.
  • Even Corrupt Has Standards: Georges refuses to actually have sex with the underage Suzanne, despite every appearance of her being willing, and sleeps in a separate room. Granted, he doesn't need to for his plans; she and him staying at the similar lodgings together is damaging enough to her reputation that her family has no choice but to agree to an arranged marriage, but this is probably the only moment in the film he restrains himself for genuinely moral reasons.
  • Freudian Excuse: When called out for his cruelty and ruthle

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