Curious Thing is an inventive gay short film that blends documentary testimony with a fictional story about a closeted man falling for his straight friend. Alain Hain uses the interview audio cleverly, giving familiar unrequited longing a more truthful emotional texture. The result is tender, bittersweet and impressively economical.
At a gay beach, Franck seeks love and forms an uneasy bond with Henri. When Franck encounters Michel, a potential love interest who harbors a dark secret, he faces a moral dilemma about pursuing a relationship despite Michel's troubling past.
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Curious Thing is an inventive gay short film that blends documentary testimony with a fictional story about a closeted man falling for his straight friend. Alain Hain uses the interview audio cleverly, giving familiar unrequited longing a more truthful emotional texture. The result is tender, bittersweet and impressively economical.
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