Alfie Aliligay Another LGBTQ themed film to lure the gay audiences and yet it ends in Homophobia. But this time I wasn't insulted much. In fact I like the story of the film. Good casting, well run screenplay, some bland acting but still will do. One good thing too is they never exploit much the nudity (for me it's unnecessary) but mixing some religious scene it's an obvious hint that it is not a happy LGBTQ themed movie, it annoys me but we must accept the norm of society. This movie also is almost the same as the story of "Stadt Land Fluss" (Harvest 2011) but with more intimacy and well explained story about the main characters and how their life story plays. A young man(Szabolcs), a football player that after a loss came to a question of his personality and happiness. Went back home to an inherited farm house, his solitude was paid with love by but a man (Aaron) whom also trouble on his sexual orientation. He got a gay friend whom also his lover, his father and the football is always be there for him waiting but he ended deciding for his happiness. Sad and I never expect a tragic ending. But everything is concluded, Aaron is troubled for everything that happens in his life. Before he met Szabolcs he used to have a loving girl, a circle of friends and a welcoming religious community, and a mother but all got screwed. All of his mishap and also the death of his mother was blamed to Szabolcs. The Homophobia here enters Aaron itself, his enemy is his self alone. Selfishness and cowardice dominates him making him unable to appreciate and fight for the love of Szabolcs that he choosed to better end it with a crime yet we know he'll troubled for the rest of his life.

Tom Dooley Two boys are talented football players in Germany Szabolcs is from Hungary and his best friend Bernard is German. Then after a particularly unfruitful game, Szabolc decides to return to Hungary and live in the broke down farm that he inherited from his grandfather.Whilst he had rejected his homosexual urges in Germany - once he gets home he meets Áron and for him it is a game changer. The thing is it is also a game changer for the whole community. To say any more may be veering in to plot spoiler territory. Needless to say there are depictions of homophobia here. Some may say that we have seen it all before, but films like this need to be made to address the still pervading attitudes in many countries and communities towards LGBT people.Filmed in Hungarian, German and a tad of English with good sub titles. This is done using an original story line, a group of talented actors and a lot of warmth. The decisions that some of the characters make may be questionable, but I am pretty safe in saying that we all have made mistakes in our lives. I found this to be engrossing, sensual - in parts - and ultimately moving; this is for lovers of gay cinema in all its parts.

markbambach Another gay film promoting homophobia. We've seen the likes of this film 1000 times before over the last 4 decades. I understand it's completely in theme with current homophobia within Eastern Europe. East Europe is just a step down from Africa and the Middle East as far as homophobia goes, its just unfortunate writers and film makers can't progress from 1970 to assist in making a change in that.The more films made like this one and the 1000 others the same, the less chance these countries will have to move forward. Must we have another Gay film where there is homophobia, Gay bashing and murder? Like I say, we've seen this film 1000 times before. Basically what this film is saying is that you will only have misery if you choose a gay path. There is no such thing as happiness in gay life. I would suggest anyone who is Gay doesn't watch this film, you will be bloody annoyed, frustrated, and bored at the outcome just as I was.It is actually a real shame they choose this path for the ending, it could have been a great film.

Laakbaar This is a quiet Hungarian movie about Szabi, a gay lad from rural Hungary. He befriends a guy on his soccer team in Germany (Bernard), but then gets sent home when they have a fight in the shower. Now back in his grandfather's old house in the country, he runs into Áron, a beautiful, handy young man who helps him repair the old house he's living in. One thing leads to the next, and he and Áron enter into a relationship. Áron is confused but eventually accepts his gayness. At this point Bernard shows up again, and things get complicated. He was in love with Szabi all along. Inexplicably forgetting all about gorgeous Áron, Szabi hops into bed with Bernard. However, after some awkward moments, in the end Szabi chooses local boy Áron (of course!) After seeing these beautiful young men in this idyllic setting, one wonders why everyone goes to Budapest when the action seems to be out here.The themes here are coming out, finding love and homophobia. Yes, the same themes as Brokeback Mountain. Parents and the town find out about it all, and their reactions are not positive at all, especially towards Áron. Things get ugly and violent and tragic.I thought the whole thing was very well done, and fairly interesting, although a little on the melancholy side. This is not a zippy American production. It's very much an Hungarian movie but I suspect Hungarians might cringe at this portrayal. I think it's important to remember that if the film had been set in Budapest, the story would have had a very different outcome. Rural Hungary here is a moral landscape, like Brokeback Mountain or an American small town in the 1950s.It's sometimes hard to dispel the mistaken notion that gay people lead tragic, doomed lives. Movies like this don't exactly help. However, a movie about happy gay people leading ordinary lives wouldn't be much of a movie. There wouldn't be any story or character development.At least now we understand that the tragedy befalls them not because they're gay (e.g. the sex things are shown quite positively and beautifully in this movie), but because of homophobia. This movie has that message too. It seems to be a story that filmmakers need to tell over and over again, in different settings and in different contexts. Bad things happen to gay people, yes, but it's not because they're gay. It's because they are persecuted. If Shakespeare were alive, he'd be telling the same story. It's too perfect.