Evan is on his way to a beauty spot in the middle of the night. Suicidal, he intends to kill himself there (since he lost his boyfriend a year ago and cannot get over it), but when his car breaks down on a bridge en route, he is stopped from jumping from it instead by the enigmatic young Léo, who was just passing by. In place of talking him out of it, Leo agrees to drive him to his intended destination. Along the way, romantic tension ensues as the pair reckon with traumas of the past, conflicts of the present and the potential of the future – together or apart. They meet a few notable people on the journey, primary being an aging prostitute who helps them reignite passion for life and a girl who Evan likes in a bar. While this is going on , there is clear attraction between the two men itself and they engage in love making a couple of times. Evan also finds out that Leo himself was on his way to end his life. Evan embarks on an expedition of self-discovery along the way.
This isn’t just a case of transporting someone from A to B as Léo makes numerous stops along the way, where they encounter a clutch of disparate characters and Evan is reminded of the joys of life that exist beyond his bubble of depressed self-reflection. Together they ruminate on the traumas of the past, both recent and historic, while reawakening Evan’s curiosity and excitement about the possibility of the unknown. Sadly, this road movie fails to connect on many levels. How come they have so many stops, why hitchhiking, very low attraction between the two men, why does Leo wanna end his life; it just leaves us wondering 'why' for so many things. This film could have been more thought provoking, but sadly it felt a bot amateurish to me in execution even though it was not. The two guys do a decent job at acting at what was given to them portraying their characters but somehow the angst doesn't get through to the audience. (3/10)
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