From 0:37:00 to 1:20:00 the movie/story is interrupted by two looong scenes where 1) Gay dancer Octavio on being devastated/heart-broken would have sex with two dancer-girls he works with, and 2) where some unknown 3 peoples have sex in a soft-porn hart-house manner. The first one is so counterclock, girls, workmate and the second scene, I don't even wonder about and I won't loose time with this.
Yes that's 43 minutes off story, completely useless, extremely boring whatever your mood, test, sex orientation is. These 43 mn reminded me of an "artistic performance" I attended in Paris in 1986 with naked dancers, all parisian journalists exited about it and another one - same kind of provocation - in Broadway in 84. Pure provocative and useless stupidity.
What's crazy, is that the movie team/director/writer do explain themselves inside the movie, at 1:22:47, after these 43mn interruption, at the time Jazen and Emiliano talk about a movie and the dialogue is "They don't understand art-house movies, there are no dialogues and the movie is very long, but I liked it". Yes dudes, they think we're stupid.
At this point, you get a choice : You do get the insult as it is and rate it 1. This would make those pretentious tax-money founded so-called artists... happy. That's their goal, to prove that the general audience is to be educated the way they think. Or, take what's good in it, think whatever dirty word is in your mind to qualify this director and rate it for what's left good in it.
I watched it a second time to write this review and this it ! It worked, skipping these scenes ! I then understood that important scene on the plot just at 1:20 that I just missed, deconcentrated, probably thinking about something else, nearly sleeping, after that stupid pretentious 43 minutes.
What's left is a beautiful movie (remember, from 0 to 0:37 and 1:20 to the end). The camera dancing around dancers, gorgeous actors, photography, acting, a fantastic deep drama.
Alan Ramirez, I reed somewhere, is a professional dancer, so his acting is even more admirable, Hugo Catalan plays very well the broken and unhappy character he is, every little bit of expression of Emillio von Sternerfels is perfect and very well done.
The drama point maybe some reviewers didn't get, is that it very common gay couples make a difference between sex and love, being exclusive not a point. In this drama, Emilliano is an above standards sex addict. And he can't stand happiness (see now the movie title) and destroys whatever could lead to happiness. I understood revenge when Octavio sleeps with Jazen at Emilliano's house. Both did it to hurt him and that's why Jazen refused the money.
The song "Dos" at the end is cool, and couldn't determine who's cover it is from (Aznavour ? Iglesias ?), it's for sure one of those heard many years ago :-), It's copyrighted 1969 in the end credits, I should check that. Also, we loved seeing again that Mexico city arena "Espacio escultórico" in the park near the University that we did visit.
As a conclusion, my guess is, looks like a short, extended to an 80 minutes movie and filled up with another project in the middle.
I would rate it 9 if was 43mn shorter.
Yes that's 43 minutes off story, completely useless, extremely boring whatever your mood, test, sex orientation is. These 43 mn reminded me of an "artistic performance" I attended in Paris in 1986 with naked dancers, all parisian journalists exited about it and another one - same kind of provocation - in Broadway in 84. Pure provocative and useless stupidity.
What's crazy, is that the movie team/director/writer do explain themselves inside the movie, at 1:22:47, after these 43mn interruption, at the time Jazen and Emiliano talk about a movie and the dialogue is "They don't understand art-house movies, there are no dialogues and the movie is very long, but I liked it". Yes dudes, they think we're stupid.
At this point, you get a choice : You do get the insult as it is and rate it 1. This would make those pretentious tax-money founded so-called artists... happy. That's their goal, to prove that the general audience is to be educated the way they think. Or, take what's good in it, think whatever dirty word is in your mind to qualify this director and rate it for what's left good in it.
I watched it a second time to write this review and this it ! It worked, skipping these scenes ! I then understood that important scene on the plot just at 1:20 that I just missed, deconcentrated, probably thinking about something else, nearly sleeping, after that stupid pretentious 43 minutes.
What's left is a beautiful movie (remember, from 0 to 0:37 and 1:20 to the end). The camera dancing around dancers, gorgeous actors, photography, acting, a fantastic deep drama.
Alan Ramirez, I reed somewhere, is a professional dancer, so his acting is even more admirable, Hugo Catalan plays very well the broken and unhappy character he is, every little bit of expression of Emillio von Sternerfels is perfect and very well done.
The drama point maybe some reviewers didn't get, is that it very common gay couples make a difference between sex and love, being exclusive not a point. In this drama, Emilliano is an above standards sex addict. And he can't stand happiness (see now the movie title) and destroys whatever could lead to happiness. I understood revenge when Octavio sleeps with Jazen at Emilliano's house. Both did it to hurt him and that's why Jazen refused the money.
The song "Dos" at the end is cool, and couldn't determine who's cover it is from (Aznavour ? Iglesias ?), it's for sure one of those heard many years ago :-), It's copyrighted 1969 in the end credits, I should check that. Also, we loved seeing again that Mexico city arena "Espacio escultórico" in the park near the University that we did visit.
As a conclusion, my guess is, looks like a short, extended to an 80 minutes movie and filled up with another project in the middle.
I would rate it 9 if was 43mn shorter.