If you have never seen any Ventura Pons's films, this is just the chance to. Personally, I think this is one of his best movies ever and the cast is simply excellent. It is not a film about homosexuality and I particularly like the way in which the young leading role (Kevin Bishop performing) "lives" his sexual orientation. He just lets it go, with no feeling of blame. Nevertheless, it's the relationship between mother & son that makes the film worthy. The mother (outstanding Juliet Stevenson) gives the down-to-earth counterpart to his son's love story, although she spends most of the time living in the Disney-like life that she herself has created to respond to her failed marriage. Ventura's look upon family matters is a peculiar one, since he rebuilds the relationship between mother & son through the collapse of the son's story with the pianist. I very much appreciated how Paul (the boy) wakes to love and lives it as a young person; he's full of contradictions and keeps being angry with anything or anyone pretending to be "his conscience". In a way, I think he rebels against it; he doesn't want to have "conscience", he just wants to live what he feels and as he feels. I strongly recommend this film to those who like true stories on the screen.
Review of Food of Love
