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Winter kept us warm (1965)

Director: David Secter

Country: Canada

Language: English

Genre: Independent queer cinema

Quote: “why do you do so much for Peter?” —— “oh, I don’t know. I suppose I like him.” —— “Well, he’s so different from Artie and Nick and all the guys.” —— “Maybe that’s why I like him, Bev.”

Doug Harris (John Labow) takes Peter Saarinen (Henry Tarvainen) under his wing at the University of Toronto. Being two very different students, they manage to find common ground in the difference they feel from their peers. After Peter gains independence and begins a romance with a girl from his theatre club (Janet Amos), Doug is left to battle both his feelings for Peter, and the pressure he feels to continue a relationship with his own girlfriend (Joy Tepperman).

Secter based the film on his own experience falling in love with a fellow male student, but veered away from explicit depiction of homosexuality, fearing censorship. It’s reported that even some of the cast didn’t know what the film was really about at the time. The result is a slow-moving, quiet and melodic depiction of love and longing in an atmospheric but stifling 1960’s Canada.