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A movie about one North Korean defector who faces prejudice and discrimination and one homeless boy who lives at the mercy of his male lover (who seems to be married). The movie consists of 3 parts. The first one is focused on what makes the defector boy flee from his workplace(gas station) with his colleague girl who he likes. The second one is focused on the relationship between homeless boy and his male lover. The third part is focused on what happens when 2 boys met each other. But the thing is that because of some scenes, many viewers guess that the 2 boys are actually the same person, which I cannot disagree. *I had the chance to watch the movie again in 2022 and I came to agree that two boys might be the same person. The movies is a little bit slow but I think this is okay.

Another movie by Korean "out" director, Gwang-su Kim-jo . He is a renowned movie producer but this movie is his first feature film of his own directing. Hyo-jin (the one with long hair) wants to adopt a boy in the orphanage. She asks Min-su who works at the same hospital to get married hoping that the marriage will make it much easier for her to adopt the boy. Hyo-jin is lesbian and Min-su is gay. Both of them are under much pressure for marriage. Min-su agrees to marry Hyo-jin but as you guess it is more complicated than they think to lead a fake marriage. Other main characters are gay friends of Min-su , who are also members of gay choir, G-Voice (which is real name of the Korean gay choir organized by Chingusai ). The lines are very straightforward and the accident which leads to 'the' funeral is so shocking (at least, to Me). Kim-jo directed two movies before( Boy meets boy and Just friends ). But 2W1F( 2 Weddings and 1 funeral ) is the most tho...

Documentary on four gay men in 2000s. One film directer. One activist. One chef. And one salaryman. They're leading extradordinary lives in their own ways; making queer movies, acting as a gay activist; being a member of a gay chorus; partnered with a man with HIV+. There were laughters and tears, even a death to my surprise. I got so relieved that I had the chance to see this movie at LGBT film festival.

Sweet Sixties (2004) deals with elder people's romance. And one of the characters faces an unwanted blind date. In fact he is gay and lives with his elder brother. On the d-day he stands up his date and visits a gay bar. Good to see that he's not typical gay like in many other queer movies.

A few days ago, this ad caught my eyes. Definitely influenced by works of Tom of Finland. I doubt this ad drew attentions from women as it did from gays out there.

A film by famous Spanish director, Almodovar. In a Catholic boarding school, there were two boys who had feelings for each other. One of the boy was an altar boy and because of his looks and angelic voice he caught the eyes of one father and was abused sexually and made to part with the other boy. Many years later, the other boy has become a renowned film director. And the former altar boys visits him with a script based on their experiences at the school and asks for the role of "himself" in the movie. The film director was charmed by the script and starts to shoot the movie but soon he finds that the friend of his was hiding a big secret. I watched the movie for the second time, last night. But I was wowed by the film once again.

Most of the part of this film was filmed with a hand-held camera. There are two men who's been a couple several years. But one of them is getting married and the other is letting him go. They recorded their last time together in a motel, out in the beach, etc. Many Korean gays could relate to these subjects, marriage, long-term relationships and so on, I suppose. But even if I could relate to their situations, I couldn't relate to the way they responded to the seperation.