Film Circle
Saturday, January 14th, 7:00 pm

The Man I Love

From Stéphane Giusti, director of Why Not Me?, comes this earlier work – a captivating romantic drama of the relationship between an openly gay man whose relentless obsession for a straight man pays off in spades.

Set in Marseilles, Martin is a carefree gay man who works as a pool attendant who falls hard for new lifeguard Lucas, a beautiful but sullen and quiet blond. Not the shy one, Martin, who is HIV-positive, showers Lucas with compliments and follows him around with almost puppy-dog admiration. But Lucas is living with his girlfriend Lise and seems unusually put off by the attention of the other man.

 
Persistence pays off, as the two young men tentatively form a friendship that leads to love. But as AIDS takes its physical toll on Martin and he becomes withdrawn, it is Lucas who must learn to care and love. A bittersweet but lighthearted tale of love and its transformative powers.
(French with English subtitles)

-- Review provided by TLA Video ( http://www.tlavideo.com )