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Film: "The first who said" - (Mine Vagant)

" We do not live for other "this could be the motto of the latest movie Ferzan Ozpetek, Turkish-born filmmaker who lives and works in Italy and gives us regularly since the late 90's endearing and original films on the theme of homosexuality .

ago in the film "The first who said " (Italian title: Mine Vagant , drifting mines) enough to spend almost two hours very enjoyable even if it is not a "work" exceptional since Ozpetek delivers a very meticulous staging and a course of action that leaves no one indifferent, all wrapped in music that hangs well.

The ingredients are fairly basic at first glance, or even simplistic caricature: a big Italian family in port royal, whose fortune is based on the "pasta" a father proud, macho and homophobic, a mother who postpones his taste of power over both good whipping boy, a grandmother who embodies the common sense and acceptance of the past serves as a leitmotif throughout the film and who bows out as "La grande bouffe", two gay brothers, one of which cuts the grass under the foot to the other hence the title of the film in French, a touch of bisexuality, and missed "Friends" cast of gay prideur or Priscilla crazy pasta ...

Everything is good stereotype, but this little "horn", as defined Noble's term comes to life and surprises, seduces and hopefully calls may be those who have remained at a very backward view of homosexuality as a defect or disease! With a laugh or smile because you spend a lot of messages, Ozpetek seems to do the same here. Firstly we must not forget that we are in Italy, one of the last pillars of a society based on family and religion, or at least its appearance again, where the male's role remains that of reproductive and master. The "berlusconades" are an example of daily narcotic.

More than anything, our modern Balzac with his camera explores this bourgeoisie cardboard "pasta" that absolutely wants to give an image of strength and durability, including through the sacred marriage. For the rest, everything seems cracked up to close examination ... The gaze of the other, what people will be asked, however, is the essential element that will determine the attitudes of this couple hard and earthy.

In a nutshell: the return of the prodigal son, Tommaso (Riccardo Scamarcio), believed bristling with business degrees and has used his freedom to clinch Roman letters instead of diplomas is sort of the detonator of this comedy ie! He tells his older brother Antonio (Alessandro Preziosi), he loves literature and the boys and launch his idea of coming out as "ice bomb" during a meal the whole tribe (do not forget the Italian title: Mine Vagant )! But that's coming out announcement will lead to a revelation faster and even more surprising! Because it will be nice Antonio that out of the closet to pasta, will play the role of lightning rod and carry away the laurels of Freedom and Torch gay and be banished out of this little family ... hell

So curiously Tommaso that remains frozen throughout the film in its role as a good son, a father before whining, without uttering a single word about his "homosexuality" against his family. It will break the silence to designate as a man of letters who need to devote his life to writing! But nothing is said about what it is and on any claim of freedom of life and action! He admits that he simply can not invest in the factory with his father only horizon ribbons of spaghetti or macaroni sections!

add that this refusal to come out is caused by two reasons: the desire to preserve his father a black anger that would lead back to the hospital and the tune of an awakening or awakening of a bisexuality that puts everything in front of the beautiful thing Alba (Nicole Grimaudo).

The film is full of small sketches that everyone should experience and falls within the dish "pasta"!

I hope in a future gay and lesbian festival, which will soon have the chance to attend a retrospective Ferzan Ospetek because his films of great humanity, poorly distributed in France or have not met their critics and audiences, still undiscovered by many spectators, LGBT or not.

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Ferzan Wikipedia Link Ozpetek: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferzan_% C3% 96zpetek