Marco Berger has come out with another movie that’s really beautiful and sexy, but it’s definitely not like the ones he usually makes where guys are just full of sexual tension. This one is filmed in black-and-white and looks amazing. The director found a really weird way to show how humans connect and how sexuality works by using a "man as a dog" idea. It’s a pretty strange but interesting movie that makes you think. The story takes place in a world that’s parallel to ours, where two straight couples are on vacation on an island. You see two guys on a boat calling out to someone, and then this naked, lonely, and really good-looking guy shows up. In this dreamy kind of world, the group calls him a "man," but he basically acts like a pet dog. In this setup, the word "men" refers to naked male humans that people own as pets, just like we own dogs. People are scared of stray men just like they're scared of stray dogs. There are also "women" who ...
Tom's boyfriend Guillaume is dead and his funeral is being held in his hometown. A town of farmers in a town which is in middle of nowhere. Guillaume's mother didn't know he was gay and his psychotic brother Francis threatens Tom to make sure it stays that way. Francis is handsome but scary at the same time. Tom makes up the story that Guillaume had a girlfriend and couldn't make it to funeral. Francis assaults Tom both in bed and in a toilet cubicle, threatening him with more considerably more grievous harm if he reveals the true nature of his relationship with Guillaume. Soon the game begins where Part of Tom wants to leave the farm but he is also enchanted by the life style. He is scared of Francis but then there is also something about him that attracts him. He accepts Francis' abuse for nothing. But when Sara arrives (Tom's friend and supposedly Guillaume's girlfriend), things change. Sara tries to put some sense into Tom but he is somehow blinded by everything. But son he finds out the truth on how dangerous Francis can be and how he needs to be careful for his own life. Finally Tom manages to escape the farm life prison from Francis and run for life.
The characters are interesting. They're strong. But I couldn't understand the basis of their actions. There is a scene when characters are doing this, and the next they're changing, and then they're going back, and then they make a new thing. Why does Guilaume's mother bursts out in hysterical laughter after Tom quotes some perverse language from the imaginary girlfriend. What does Francis really want from Tom? He doesn't want him to tell his brother's secret but why does he want Tom to stay? Is it because of his loneliness, the fact that he is stuck with his mother or is it that he may himself have some homoerotic feelings towards Tom. Its never clear. Its shown that most people in the village do not like Francis and his family but again its not clear on reason. The story that Tom finds out in the end is scary but is that the entire truth or there is more to it? Tom does manage to leave the farm but everything in the story is left completely unresolved.
It has some homoeroticism but thats not enough to hold someone's attention. (4/10)
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