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 ...
Three young boys of India origin arrive in Mumbai at the same time. Krishna is a budding actor from NYC, Ricardo is here to find his long lost brother and is from Australia, and finally Xerxes, a musician from London, is here to discover himself. they meet at airport and decide to find a place together. In lure of movies, Krishna finds himself entangled in the underground world of Don Mastana. Ricardo, the serious-looking Australian, finds out the sad fate of his brother, but also manages to fall in love with Mastana's spunky moll Dolly, igniting further flames. Xerxes, who's a Parsi, is led to embrace his latent homosexuality by their gay landlord. He makes him feel comfortable to embrace his sexuality and in the process Xerxes even meets a guy and stars dating.
i still remember that when this film was released, it was subjected to criticism for its homosexuality and profanity. I didn't find the film much funny when I saw it again, but in the first viewing, the OTT don and Krishna as the really bad actor add a lot to the comic touch of the film. In fact most film shooting scenes between Dolly and Krishna in presence of Mastana are a hoot. Of course, my focus was primarily just on Xerxes and his story, though hit doesn't take away from the overall film. His coming out was never made a big deal. It was just there and I loved that fact. And of course he is the cutest amongst the three boys. Its really a tribute to the city of Bombay (Mumbai) with its funny portrayal of the stark divide between rich and poor and the India with its Indian and western divide.
It's the kind of film, which is not to everyone's taste. Plus, as I said its not really a queer film, but only 1/3rd of it. I watched it for nostalgia sake. If black comedies are your thing, you may actually enjoy it. (4.5/10)
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