I was disappointed in this film after reading the other comments here and thought I should add my own.
This movie may be an accurate depiction of what life in Berlin for gay Turks is like but it is on the whole a depressing movie. Perhaps Germany is still at this point, but this movie has many of the overtones of the self loathing gay movies that were prevalent in this country in the 50's and 60's. Others have said that there are touches of West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause about this movie but those weren't exactly feel good movies either.
A few more moments spent on the nascent relationship between Murat and the waif-like German boy that he meets could have made all the difference.
Ah well I've always been a romantic.
This movie may be an accurate depiction of what life in Berlin for gay Turks is like but it is on the whole a depressing movie. Perhaps Germany is still at this point, but this movie has many of the overtones of the self loathing gay movies that were prevalent in this country in the 50's and 60's. Others have said that there are touches of West Side Story and Rebel Without a Cause about this movie but those weren't exactly feel good movies either.
A few more moments spent on the nascent relationship between Murat and the waif-like German boy that he meets could have made all the difference.
Ah well I've always been a romantic.