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Bright Night

Country: Germany, Language: German, 81 mins

Gay | Drama | 2014

Original Title

Nachthelle

Director: Florian Gottschick
Writer: Florian Gottschick; Carsten Happe
Producer: Anne-Kathrin Gliese

CGiii Comment

Half-way through, you'll need to take a recuperating break...these adults all balance on the pinnacle of insensitivity.

Adults - generally - being horrid...with a few mind-games thrown in to keep things intense.

There's a predatory gay psychologist [in an open 20-year relationship]...who spouts psychological nonsense...obviously, the writers were unaware of how discredited Freud - now - is...still, the predation is enough to turn stomachs.

And the woman...apart for being [seriously] high maintenance, she's a bloody nightmare. In her past, she outed a boy who promptly killed himself...

It's not a pleasant story...and then, it takes a giant leap into the absurd. She's sees the light and is transformed...

We won't give away the ending...but, the poster does!

It's a pompous piece of twaddle.

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The(ir) Blurb...

It was supposed to be an ideal vacation, a weekend in Anna’s birth village with her young boyfriend Stefan. It is also a reunion with Bernd, who was once her boyfriend and now lives happily with Marc. For many years, Anna has not visited the empty village because the nearby coal mine is growing and swallowing the green surroundings. She discovers that returning to her childhood home is not as simple as she had imagined.

Most of the houses are abandoned, her childhood school is destroyed, and even the graves were removed and transferred to another place. Most of all she fears a secret from her past will tear her apart from Stefan. The fact that he begins to be attracted to Bernd and Marc undermines her world and it’s getting out of hand. “Bright Night” manages to surprise and provoke unrest; no one expects the scene and its dazzling end will leave the audience breathless.