We Will Become Better turns a long-distance relationship into choreography, and the split-screen idea does far more than simply look clever. Andzej Gavriss uses the dancers’ movements to create contact where Russian law and public hostility keep the men apart. This gay short film has the polish of a major music video, but the emotional idea underneath it is simple: love becomes political when a country insists it should remain invisible.
Tom, a policeman, finds himself torn between two worlds of forbidden love. Initially drawn to a schoolteacher, his life takes an unexpected turn when he embarks on a clandestine affair with a charismatic museum curator.
Come Undone
2000
Drama, Romance
Mathieu's summer in Brittany takes a romantic turn when he meets Cédric on the beach.
The Skinny
2012
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Set in New York City, the film reunites five Brown University classmates - four gay men and one lesbian - for a weekend filled with secrets, drama, and personal revelations.
We Will Become Better turns a long-distance relationship into choreography, and the split-screen idea does far more than simply look clever. Andzej Gavriss uses the dancers’ movements to create contact where Russian law and public hostility keep the men apart. This gay short film has the polish of a major music video, but the emotional idea underneath it is simple: love becomes political when a country insists it should remain invisible.
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