This marvelous movie has been broadcast a lot on the art channels, which is why I have had the privilege of seeing it. It only lacks credibility if you are not a man who as a boy had an overwhelming and semi-reciprocated crush on another boy. That's a reality of gay life, folks, and I'm sorry if it makes sense only to 10% of the population. Movies about relationships between men who are attracted to each other, going back at least to Midnight Cowboy, are bound to be misunderstood, and liberation has not changed many of the fundamental realities.
I wonder if the director was forced by the backers to take out the boys in the play within a play and substitute grown men playing boys.
I wonder if the director was forced by the backers to take out the boys in the play within a play and substitute grown men playing boys.