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La Confusion des Sentiments (French) [Confused Feelings]

Quite an old, made for TV film, but the homosexuality undertones in this film are very obvious. Even though nothing is explicitly mentioned or acted upon till the very end, but the way it is presented was probably something very new and original in those days. Its a simple story to be honest, but an even simpler direction made this film worth watching. Roland, a beautiful, young and charming man has just moved to a new town for university. He yearns for wisdom and is very attracted to the good wise words of wisdom that his literature professor provides. Very soon, the affection is mutual and the duo try to spend more and more time together, with Professor being very cautious to not say or do something that could spoil the relationship. Soon, we find that the professor is married to an ex-student and they have an understanding that the professor likes young boys. Part of me believes that Roland knows professor likes him sexually too but he choses to ignore that. Roland is eager to give ...

Zorro: The Gay Blade

This is again one of those film which would be wrong to call as a gay theme film, but give the tile of the film around the character, I think its reason enough to put a review about the film here. Having said that, I am gonna keep this review quite short because not much happens in the film according to me and it really doesn’t warrant a long write-up. Set in a time long long ago, When Don Diego, alongwith his mute servant Paco, returns to Los Angeles, he finds that his childhood friend Esteban has become the captain of the guard. He finds out that his father was killed a riding accident. At his election speech, Esteban is confronted by Charlotte who tries to educate people of the atrocities that Esteban and his people will do on the common man.Despite their political difference Diego is smitten by her. While home, Diego receives his inheritance from his father which is meant for either of his two sons: Zorro’s black mask, cape, hat, sword and a letter saying that he needs to cont...