Directed by Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss
Germany
SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIERE
In limbo, anything is possible.Ý When Sam, a penniless black singer
and writer, finds out that he's HIV-positive, he gets puking drunk,
spends a few days in misery, and then promptly falls in love.Ý And
so it goes in this wise and touching tale set in the intoxicating
underground of contemporary East Berlin.Ý In a crumbling, once-grand
apartment, Sam and his ravishing on-again-off-again lover Rainer,
his devoted and cuttingly funny best friend Bastl, and Bastl's wide-eyed
photographer boyfriend Mike come together to form a caring but fragile
"family."Ý Here, time blissfully ceases to exist, news of
a photo sold and an ex-lover dead are equal reasons to celebrate,
and a trip to the seashore seems the natural solution to all of life's
looming problems.Ý Like the schmaltzy old East German love songs that
Sam is recording for his new CD, the film's sweet innocence rises
to the top in spite of its characters' misfortunes.Ý Careers stagnate,
savings evaporate, and tragedy strikes, but somehow their lives are
still victorious.Ý Writer, director and star Pierre Sanoussi-Bliss
creates a refreshingly open-ended movie notable for the beautiful,
naturalistic acting that reveals the boy at the heart of each of the
men.Ý Full of grit and passion, Return to Go! is a life-affirming
film for the new gay millennium.Ý In German with English subtitles.
Preceded by Early Frost, Dir. Pierre Pinaud, France,
SOUTH FLORIDA PREMIEREÝÝ In this uproarious black comedy, a young
girl's rabbit shows homosexual inclinations, and her parents take
some very extreme measures. ÝIn French with English subtitles.
11:00 PM ScreeningÝ $10
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