I really didn't like this BL series at all. The story was weak, the timing was all over the place, and I just couldn't connect with any of it. Everything about how it was made felt totally mechanical. To be fair, I'll give credit where it's due—the idea behind the show was actually pretty interesting, and I'm sure some people might like it, but it just didn't work for me. The series is 10 episodes long, and each one runs for about 50 minutes. The main story is about two guys named Punn and Ramil. Punn runs a shop where he fixes up old antiques, and he gets hired to restore a painting in a gallery. Without knowing it, his blood actually ends up freeing a vampire named Ramil who has been trapped inside that painting for 100 years. Ramil comes out without his full powers, so he’s hunted and really vulnerable, which means he has to depend on Punn for help. Punn isn't sure about it at first, but he gets pulled into this secret world of vampires and old feuds, rea...
We meet Loic, a twenty year old very beautiful guy, who works in a chocolate factory by the day and spends pretty much all his nights having anonymous sex either online or through cruising the streets. All he cares about his physical satisfaction, until he meets Lionel (whom we never see), who is more interested in Loic’s personality , history, likes and dislikes rather than going to bed with him. And this is a new feeling for Loic. He shacks up with his best friend Marie, who works at a museum. The two friends are very close. Loic takes a lot of photographs with his phone and when Lionel praises him, he thinks he can be a photographer. Typical young adult confusion. When Marie starts dating a guy, that makes Loic very mad and upset and they both have a fallout. This changes everything, since now he has no friend he can count on, or any friendly place to sleep. Next thing we know is that Marie is dead and Loic is wandering around and it is during this phase, he gets obsessed with a soccer player. He is very attracted by the man's family life and celebrity status and wants to emulate him. Is he straight now or just confused? Is this longing for emotional connect that is missing because Marie is gone or something else? Only time and Loic will tell us.
As I mentioned earlier, Loic is enigmatic and incredibly attractive, and the film could have developed well based on that, but instead it wanders hopelessly after its first 20 minutes. Loic sees the world has part real and part fantasy, which is never very clear or evident to the viewers. Second half felt completely disconnected with what I started watching the film and this is where I feel that the movie went into an experimental zone. With a blend of emotional innocence and sexual hyperactivity, Loic is a loner who is looking for more. He constantly blurs the line between sex and love and leaves us wanting to know more about his turbulent life, if only to help him discover his true identity. There is a lot of talk without taking the plot somewhere and after second half even that goes missing where there is hardly any talk. Quite a few scenes seem to be there to just provide a shock.
For most people, IMO, this film will work only because of the lead actor. Barely any credit to the makers of the film. (5/10)
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But the only Swiss movie that I've seen twice has been " The Circle" ( Der Kreis ) .
The circle was actually a pretty good film.