Review of Beyto

Beyto (2020)
4/10
Almost good
26 February 2024
This is the usual gay love story between a Turk from a traditional family in which homosexuality is "haraam"and a Swiss national who is out and cannot understand why the whole traditional background stuff is such a big deal in Switzerland. This conflict as a theme has been done to death, especially the forced arranged marriage to a cousin so that the villagers at home won't have to know about the "shame" . What makes the movie difficult to understand is the lack of continuity in the storytelling. There appears to be gaps in the timeline that just aren't explained by use of dialog, and so the viewer has to work really hard to understand that certain periods of time have passed between the scenes. That's the only way the narrative makes sense. It has a nice happy ending so there are no loose ends.
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