Bruce leaves his girlfriend behind in Paris for an arts fellowship that will allow him to live and work in Rome. Staying at a villa that once belonged to the Medici and being allowed to write full time seems like a dream until he meets Matteo, a native of Rome who works at the villa. Daily exposure to renaissance art and ancient Roman statuary and the looks of desire that he thinks he recognizes in Matteo's eyes leads Bruce to question his own sexual orientation. Why does Mat... (Full plot summary below)
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Bruce leaves his girlfriend behind in Paris for an arts fellowship that will allow him to live and work in Rome. Staying at a villa that once belonged to the Medici and being allowed to write full time seems like a dream until he meets Matteo, a native of Rome who works at the villa. Daily exposure to renaissance art and ancient Roman statuary and the looks of desire that he thinks he recognizes in Matteo's eyes leads Bruce to question his own sexual orientation. Why does Matteo seem to enjoy falling asleep in Bruce's bed so often? And why is Matteo so attentive one minute and so distant the next? If Matteo is interested, why does he also seem so interested in Irene, the American girl? And if Bruce is straight why does he care so much?
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| New York TimesDave KehrA model French psychological drama in which very little action occurs but feelings and intuitions are documented with precision and discretion. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohUnfortunately plays out more like Student Video 101. |
| User ReviewSimon SI fucking love this film! Simple and very deep! What an end to.. The fact that it's trilingual is a massive plus! |
| User ReviewOmar AUna historia de obsesión, bastante bien llevada la temática, pero medio pelo. Un final raro. |
| User ReviewCeph J"Love Forbidden" is obsessed love but it's not "Fatal Attraction" thriller, more like "Death In Venice" slow drama. Rodolphe Marconi is a French visiting student in Rome. I liked the scenes of Rome and director Marconi uses the ancient statues, dark photography, and exotic locations to create dread. We wait for the outcome but not much happens which might infuriate some viewers. The movie is best enjoyed as a poem on unrequited love. Marconi is a photogenic actor who, an audience can relate to. However, you have to wonder why he doesn't try to get other gay lovers and why the less appealing Matteo (played by bland Andrea Necci) is so irresistible. Echo Danon is engaging as the American girl but she is so weird that one might think she wandered from a zombie movie. I may be rating this one too high but blame it on my interest in the movie's themes. |
