I am just going to talk about the illness, that one of our main characters has to ... well live with. Apart from that no other spoilers, but still I want to give those the chance who do not want to know anything about the story to choose not to read this review.
Having said that, I reckon the story synopsis (which I obviously haven't read) does tell us that we have a character who is sick with HIV ... now if in other movies characters are sick, they have something that while also devastating, are not as tabboo as HIV is. How do you deal with someone who has it? How do you react if a friend decides to befriend someone who has it? Now it is easy (and right) to say you will support them ... but how will reality look like? Words matter, but actions do even more so.
A really tough movie to watch, especially because as with other someone is sick movies, you know hardships will come - drama baby and all that. The acting is really good and elevates the whole thing ... not an easy watch, but you probably already assumed that.
Having said that, I reckon the story synopsis (which I obviously haven't read) does tell us that we have a character who is sick with HIV ... now if in other movies characters are sick, they have something that while also devastating, are not as tabboo as HIV is. How do you deal with someone who has it? How do you react if a friend decides to befriend someone who has it? Now it is easy (and right) to say you will support them ... but how will reality look like? Words matter, but actions do even more so.
A really tough movie to watch, especially because as with other someone is sick movies, you know hardships will come - drama baby and all that. The acting is really good and elevates the whole thing ... not an easy watch, but you probably already assumed that.