Eight minutes long this film encompasses more than many longer ones. I do not ignore short films, but sadly they end up in compilations of shorts and the really excellent ones are often lost to view. ' Stille Landskap ' is also as short as a Schubert song, and the winter landscape shown echoes a Winter journey of the soul. A youth because of his hostile father is driven from his home, beaten up and his belongings trashed. Why ? Because a member of the family sees him embracing a male classmate. News gets back to the classroom and a pornographic drawing displays the two male lovers having sex. It is crude and it destroys anything good in the relationship, and the two actors, one blond, the other darker in skin colour portray their feelings for each other to perfection. The fate of one of them, and no spoilers is heartbreaking, and the films draws to its close. This is no ' coming out ' film, but a forced outing with a vengeance and despite the fact it was made at the beginning of this century it is still applicable to all those gay young mem who ' disappear ' today. A justified 10.