This new cute short film is the writing/directing debut of Romanian Marius Gabriel Stancu who’s daytime job is the Festival Manager of The Open Reel a major European distributor of LGBTQ films
It’s a story that so many gay men can relate too personally, but in most cases it didn’t always end on such a comfortable note as it does here.
Andreas (Claudio Segaluscio) and Alessandro (Carmine Fabbricatore) are two friends who have known each other since their childhood. Now that they have grown up, they study at University in different cities but they always spend the summer together in the place where they were born.
Summer is now coming to an end; both Andreas and Alessandro must return to the city to resume their University life. Andreas will be leaving in a few days, while Alessandro has to wait for his girlfriend, Daniela, to do some things in the family, in order to be able to come back with her.
Before leaving, Andreas decides to give Alessandro a gift: he leaves an envelope full of printed selfies in his friend’s mailbox, some of which are dedicated on the back, hoping that Alessandro will finally be able to notice the love that Andreas always has tried for him.
It’s a tender tale of infatuation and first love that Stancu handled with great sensitivity devoid of even a trace of melodrama. It had us all wishing for the return of our carefree days spent with our own ‘Alessandro’s’.
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Labels: 2020, coming of age, drama, italian, short
