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What to write... I watched the uncut version of the film, 2:11:26 long. A touching film, even sad, and confirms my assumption that some older Thai films that touch on the issue of BL or just love as such are worth watching. A trio of stories, where I was most interested in the story of the first two guys, the second is dominated by the experienced actress Tai Penpak Sirikul, whom we know here at GT, for example from the heartbreaking film It Gets Better, the third story is a bit lengthy for me, but we will learn the answer in it, how the first story developed and Buajan also appears there. A film where it doesn't just say "I love you", but convinces the viewer that love is much deeper than just words. A film that will make the viewer smile and cry.

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One nation and two regimes.

One nation and two regimes. In one, one man decides everything and everyone, in the other, he would like to decide (see recent political problems). I was completely shocked by the beginning, where behind the propaganda texts read by crazy North Korean announcers, two North Korean soldiers are greedily kissing and then having sex in an explicit scene. The film probably won't be for everyone, but it appealed to me with its harsh reality to the bone, the ending is different than I expected, but I have to admit that, fitting the story and at the very end, the scene with Jae Sung brought tears to my eyes. An immense symposia by Kim Tae Hoon in the role of Youn Joon, even though with a Thai cap on his head. The acting is superb and all three gentlemen had a great time in those revealing scenes. A deep, sad, misunderstood by many and depressing film with beautiful, subtle background music about relationships between men, hard life and a divided Korea.

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The story of this sad comedy was probably not only very strong for me, and the end of the film only confirmed it for me, which is also proven by the three wins and a large number of nominations of this film at film festivals, but ...
The way I'm used to trances mainly from RuPaul's competitions (and that there are still many different kinds of competitions), but mostly good to excellent professionals perform there. Filipinos, on the other hand, are known in their film projects for often horrible, mocking, grinning trans people, and actually these people do not have a good reputation in the audience world, and I was a bit bothered by the second roles of "miracles" of the two main characters Mark and John, otherwise two well-known and excellent and sympathetic Filipinos actors (Guzmán+Gamboa), when I didn't believe their "hands" and femininity for an inch and these scenes had a rather repulsive effect on me. Damage.

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Subtle, short, predictable, simple, but it had that "something" at least in part, and I didn't mind at all that Day is 9 years older than Mem. The boys especially struggled with the kissing. The way Day was in that icy lake almost shaking with the cold and his nipples were like antennae from the cold made me smile.... 😜

Jemné, krátké, předvídatelné, jednoduché, ale to "něco" to v sobě alespoň zčásti mělo a vůbec mi nevadilo, že Day je od Mema o 9 let starší. Chlapci bojovali především s tím líbáním. Úsměv mi vykouzlilo na tváři to, jak byl Day v tom ledovém jezírku, málem se roztřepal chladem a bradavky měl ze zimy jako antény .... 😜

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I liked the short precisely because it was informative, believable, true, it didn't play on anything, and because the creators filmed it just like that and not otherwise. That's the Korean characteristic - to be yourself. Many viewers will not like this short film and will look for any flaw to justify their rating or even disappointment. It's a forgotten work of cinema over ten years old and underrated, and it gave me exactly what I expected.


Mě se kraťas líbil právě proto, že byl vypovídací, uvěřitelný, pravdivý, na nic si nehrál a že jej tvůrci natočili právě tak a ne jinak. To je právě ta korejská vlastnost - být sami sebou. Řadě diváků tento krátký film nesedne a budou hledat kdejakou chybku, aby ospravedlnili své hodnocení či dokonce zklamání. Je to zapomenuté filmové dílo přes deset let staré a málo hodnocené a mě přesně dalo to, co jsem čekal.

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This short pinoy film told me what he had. Viewers who can and understand the Philippine production with all its mistakes and missteps will certainly be interested in the fact that the farmer after the loss of his beloved wife went completely crazy and the originally antagonistic relationship between the farmer and the activist became dull and secondary. Both the main protagonists cut these roles two years before playing the main characters in Lodi. I do not recommend this short to most viewers, especially critical ones, don't waste your time.


Tento krátký pinoy film mi sdělil, co měl. Pro diváky, co mohou a rozumí filipínské produkci se všemi jejími chybami a přehmaty, jistě zaujme to, že farmář po ztrátě své milované ženy se dočista zbláznil a původne antagonní vztah farmíř versus aktivista vyšumněl a byl podružný. Oba hlavní protagonisté si střihli tyto role dva roky předtím, než si zahráli hlavní postavy ve filmu Lodi, který zde máme přeložen do cz. Tento kraťas nedoporučuji většině diváků, hlavně těm kritickým, neztrácejte čas.

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I'm still wondering what it was actually supposed to be ... for me an almost meaningless short, with the first "jumping on the trampoline" love scene and the reluctance to give the second one at least a kiss. Unfortunately, I have to rate slightly below average, even though it's Taiwan, it didn't give me anything ... and thanks to Nioba for the effort and the translation

Doteď přemýšlím, co to vlastně mělo být ... pro mě téměř nicneříkající kraťas, s první milostnou scénou "skákání po trampolíně" a nechutenstvím dát tomu druhému alespoň pusinku. Bohužel, musím hodnotit mírně podprůměrně, i když je to Taiwan, nic mi to nedalo ... a díky Niobě za snahu a překlad

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The film, which became a blockbuster in Japanese cinemas in its time, is really very different, it is a look at the Japanese society of that time and for many viewers, including me, surprising, even though I am familiar with Japanese works. The first two or three scenes on the beach are enough. For me, the best of the evaluation criteria is clearly a story that in many passages overcame the comic component, which disappeared, but sometimes, on the contrary, slipped into farcicality, forced laughter, a brawl ala ragdoll kindergarten. But the positives prevail. Simply Japan ... and again a little different.

Film, který se ve své době stal trhákem v japonských kinech je opravdu hodně jiný, je to pohled na japonskou společnost tehdejší doby a pro mnohého diváka, i pro mě, překvapivý, ač jsem obeznámen s japonskou tvorbou. Stačí první dvě tři scény na pláži. Pro mě je jednoznačně nejlepší z kritérií hodnocení příběh, který přebil v mnohých pasážích komickou složku, která zanikla, ale někdy naopak sklouzla až do fraškovitosti, nucený smích, rvačka ala hadra školka. Převažují ale pozitiva. Prostě Japonsko ... a zase trochu jiné.

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I didn't quite understand why the film was in black and white. Two friends, when for a certain part of their lives they are destined to share one small apartment of the artistically gifted Tod. Rošťák Hao almost bewitched me, and the message of the film, especially at the end, is clear, even though I had doubts the whole time, which I won't reveal. Again, something a little different from what we are used to in Taiwan.


Moc jsem nepochopil, proč je ten film černobílý. Dva přátelé, kdy určitý výsek života je jim souzen sdílet jeden malý byt umělecky nadaného Toda. Rošťák Hao mě téměř učaroval a sdělení snímku, především v závěru, je jasné, i když jsem celou dobu byl na pochybách, které neprozradím. Zase trošku něco jiného, než jsme na Taiwan zvyklí.

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A Taiwanese short film about something strange, yet natural, about the relationship between two lovers. Played solidly, I was only a little disappointed by the ending, when we had to reduce our rating by one more point, but otherwise nice, human. Duncan Ku, Taiwan's top gay porn star, now past his prime, makes his first queer film appearance ...


Taiwanský kraťas o nečem zvláštním, ale přitom přirozeném, o vztahu dvou milenců. Zahráno solidně, trošku mě jen zklamal ten závěr, kdy jsme musel snížit ještě o bod své hodnocení, ale jinak pěkné, lidské. Duncan Ku, taiwanská špičková gay porno hvězda, nyní již za svým zenitem, poprvé vystupuje v queer filmu ...

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A film about almost nothing and actually about everything. I liked him. Freed from Pinoy slurs and mannerisms of the type of affected and twisted aunts, whining and tragic scenes, it goes about its business and simply conveys what the creators had in mind... When I think back on the short, I think it's an excellent piece.

Film skoro o ničem a vlastně o všem. Líbil se mi. Oproštěn od pinoy nánosů a manýr typu afektovaných a vykroucených tetek, kňučení a tragédních scén, si jde za svým a jednoduše sděluje to, co měli tvůrci na mysli ... Když nad kraťasem přemýšlím zpětně, je to dle mě výborné dílko.

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Too much Filipino movie. The story would work, although here too, more script could be used, the music is very good, as is often the case with Pinoys. The acting is average, I deduct five points, especially some of the characters, at the beginning Harry was making me laugh out loud. Otherwise, I found the two main symposia to be nice, but the creators were not well led. Sometimes even tragic and hysterical scenes and stretching. In a nutshell: a rather solid piece with great potential that was not fully utilized. Personally ... the sound-music is probably the best thing about this movie.


Film filipínský až moc. Příběh by šel, i když i tady by se dalo vytěžit více scénářem, hudba velmi dobrá, jak bývá u pinoy mnohy zvykem. Herectví průměrné, ubírám pět bodů, především některých postav, na začátku vytahoval Harry smích až z paty. Jinak ti dva hlavní mi přišli fajn sympoši, ale nebyli tvůrci dobře vedeni. Někdy až tragédní a hysterické scény a protahování. V kostce: spíše solidní dílko s velkým potenciálem, který nebyl plně využit. Osobně ... zvuk-hudba je v tomto filmu asi tím nejlepším, co ve něm je.

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Controversial film based on reality, for the last scene of the film I significantly reduce the point rating for the story. Otherwise, I have to admit that this is also how relationships turn out, and it would be confusing to only make films with gay themes and fairy-tale endings, that's the world. Of the four main characters, my wife Amanda (Dimples Romana and rightly won in her category at MMFF 2022) and Mathew (Sean de Guzman) impressed me the most. Processing very solid.

Kontroverzní film dle skutečnosti, za poslední scénu filmu výrazně snižuji bodové hodnocení za příběh. Jinak ale musím přiznat, že i takto dopadají vztahy a bylo by matoucí točit jen filmy s gay tematrikou s pohádkovými konci, i takový je svět. Z těch čtyř hlavních postav mě herecky nejvíce zaujala manželka Amanda (Dimples Romana a právem zvítězila ve své kategorii na MMFF 2022) a Mathew (Sean de Guzman). Zpracování velmi solidní.

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What is interesting about this musical short is how it was made almost without dialogues, I was also interested in the simplicity of the "love at first sight" story and especially the musical component. Some Pinoy projects have some really beautiful music...and to that, the Drei Arias symposium, a trained actor, model and winner of several local Filipino male pageants.

Zajímavé na tomto hudebním kraťasu je, jak byl vyroben téměř bez dialogů, dále mě zaujala jednoduchost příběhu "lásky na první pohled" a především hudební složka. Některé pinoy projekty mají opravdu krásnou hudbu ... a k tomu sympoš Drei Arias, vystudovaný herec, model a vítěz několika lokálních filipínských mužských soutěží.

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