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Les Corps Ouverts (French) [Open Bodies]

I am not very sure what really to make of this film. Clocking at just 45 minutes, this film came in 1998 and actually won a few awards. At the onset the film is trying to showcase the sexual fluidity of its main protagonist, but is also a slice of life at the same time. Is there a message, I don't know, but lets explore that.

18 year old Remi is half French and half Arab. His father is sick and he is taking care of him along with his sister. He studies management and commerce and works part time in a grocery store. Remi responds to an ad in school for a film audition where he meets an older guy Marc who videotapes him audition and before you know they two guys are in bed. While this is going on, we see Remi experimenting with multiple sexual encounters like a random guy in men's room and a girl who grabs him in the street. We also meet an obsessive older lover who wants Remi all to himself. All this is while Remi is being a dutiful son while doing the right thing for his family.

I am not sure what was the point that the film was trying to make. It felt that film is trying to make a point, it does have a soul, but the execution seemed very disjointed. All the scenes that I have mentioned above in the summary kept showing up at random intervals during the film instead of making a linear story. Sometimes it was just hard to understand why certain events were happening. It was like the film maker decided to capture multiple events of a few days of Remi's life and then decided to break them up in 10 different pieces and played back for us in a random order. On a plus side, the lead actor Remi was extremely hot and did a great job of acting. The film does show his struggle of his roots and being close to his family and doing the right thing for his ailing father while also exploring his sexuality at his age. (5.5/10)

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