The Male Gaze: First Kiss

Nov 12, 2018

1h 38m

★ 4.3

Overview

The Male Gaze is a new series of releases from New Queer Visions that showcases short LGBTQ films from across the world. The first instalment, First Kiss, brings together five shorts that are based around men experiencing romantic and/or sexual interaction with other men for the first time. It takes in films from Sweden, Indonesia, USA, Australia and France giving a rounded look at how similar experiences are depicted across the world. The films are: Naked [Naken] (2013); Pria (2017); Walk With Me (2018), One Night Only (2018); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016).

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Production Companies

NQV Media

The Male Gaze: First Kiss Trailers

Cast

Ryan (segment Walk With Me)

Evan Todd

Eric (segment Walk With Me)

Grant Jordan

Brandon (segment Walk with Me)

Boone Platt

Charlotte (segment Michel's Mouse)

Caroline Anglade

Michel (segment Michel's Mouse)

Satya Dusaugey

Peter J. Roberts (segment Pria)

Jacob McCarthy

Theo (segment One Night Only)

Tim May

Anthony (segment Naked)

Henric Gustavsson

Isabella (segment Naked)

Magdalena Sverlander

After losing their mother, Mía and Moi take refuge in a ramshackle family home, in the countryside, in the middle of nowhere. With them, Biel, Moi’s boyfriend. Together the three of them try to rest and heal the wounds. Especially in the case of Moi, who is recovering from a severe nervous breakdown. These are days of recovering family memories, some of them painful, of meeting again, of living without haste. The arrival of Mikel, Mía’s boyfriend, will alter the coexistence and disturb each of the inhabitants of the house in different ways. The tension grows until it explodes in an act of violence with irreversible consequences.

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