I really enjoyed this movie-the main character's actions are extremely believable, having grown up in a very repressed environment in the American South, pre-Stonewall, when most gay men were expected either to commit suicide or "convert." Times have changed, but not for the Turkish community in Switzerland who come from rural Turkey, in an extremely homophobic culture where carryinig on the family name asnd mores is mandatory.
One of the great roles in the movie is Beyto's mother, who is warm, caring, but essentially clueless. In effect she tries to control her son through the typical emotional blackmail that conservative parents use, but she also shields Beyto from his father who goes into violent rages over Beyto's gay feelings. In some situations, these parents and their friends would have resorted to "honor killings" to preserve family pride. That Beyto will resist his parents, especially his pig-headed father, shows how much Western culture and gay liberation, which has a role in the film through a Gay Pride parade in Berne, has affected the world.
I did not find the ending at all "tacked on," but it shows the development of the lead characters-and how far they will go for personal happiness, and a chance that most people in their own world will not give them. This is a really good film, and I hope others will discover it.
One of the great roles in the movie is Beyto's mother, who is warm, caring, but essentially clueless. In effect she tries to control her son through the typical emotional blackmail that conservative parents use, but she also shields Beyto from his father who goes into violent rages over Beyto's gay feelings. In some situations, these parents and their friends would have resorted to "honor killings" to preserve family pride. That Beyto will resist his parents, especially his pig-headed father, shows how much Western culture and gay liberation, which has a role in the film through a Gay Pride parade in Berne, has affected the world.
I did not find the ending at all "tacked on," but it shows the development of the lead characters-and how far they will go for personal happiness, and a chance that most people in their own world will not give them. This is a really good film, and I hope others will discover it.