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kissablelips-desireslure-vol2 · 5 months ago

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UN BACIO or ONE KISS (2016)

Trigger Warning: A gif depicting gun violence below.

LEONARDO PAZZAGLI (as Antonio)

RIMAU GRILLO RITZBERGER (as Lorenzo)

Film Review: This movie was a great movie and well acted but it was not a gay love story fad from it actually. Unrequited Perhaps. Tragic.

We have 3 high school students that are outcast all for different reasons that come together to form a friendship. Blu is a female and is seen as a slut. She has a grown boyfriend that made her have sex with him and two of his friends. After seeing a video of the encounter (that she didn't know existed) she realizes it was a sexual assault.

Antonio is an orphan adopted by a loving couple that accept him for who he is. Antonio is openly gay and his school peers are unkind.

After he makes friends with Blu and Lorenzo he develops a crush on Lorenzo.

Lorenzo is a basketball player but unlike most jocks he isn't popular. His home life is strained due to the death of his older brother (whom he still sees and talks to) his dad often takes him hunting shooting at deer and rabbits. Lorenzo believes himself to be in love with Blu.

One day the three friends go to swim and while changing Antonio makes a move on Lorenzo. The latter pushes him away and leaves. Lorenzo freezes Antonio out after.

When Antonio brings a birthday gift to Lorenzo during basketball practice. Lorenzo physically assaults him and won't stop until his teammates pull him off. One of the teammate gives Lorenzo the gift which is a framed picture of Lorenzo, Blu and Antonio.

Feeling bad Lorenzo goes to Antonio's house to apologize for the assault. Antonio kisses Lorenzo (a kiss he participates in for a moment) but Lorenzo runs off immediately.

Antonio believes he and Lorenzo have made up while Lorenzo agonized about the kiss. Lorenzo's brother warned Lorenzo about Antonio and while hunting Lorenzo kills a deer or rabbit with his brother (who has died remember) leading his aim. The next day at school Lorenzo is late again and the guard or administrator refuses to let him in so Lorenzo turns to leave but the guard changes his mind letting him in. As Lorenzo enters his class Antonio approaches him, without a word Lorenzo pulls a gun and shoots Antonio dead before curling up on the floor crying. The movie ends with a "what if it happened this way" scenario in which the day Antonio made his move on Lorenzo. This time Lorenzo gently turns Antonio down and the 3 friends go swimming.

The shooting that ends Antonio's life at the hands of Lorenzo.

#KISSABLE LIPS #DESIRE'S LURE #VOLUME 2 #GAY MOVIE EDITION #MOVIE REVIEW #GREAT MOVIE BUT VERY TRAGIC #NOT SO MUCH A GAY MOVIE BUT ABOUT BULLYING & HOMOPHOBIA #TRIGGER WARNING #BL-BAM-BEYOND FAMILY OF BLOGS #My GIFS #MYGIFSET #MY-GIF-EDIT

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ilovederenglish · 7 years ago

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Queer Film Review: Un Bacio (2016) [SPOILERS]

The plot of “One Kiss” circles around three young outcasts at a public school in the outskirts of Italy. Blu, a aspiring writer, has gained a notorious reputation as a slut. She attributes this to the school’s popular clique being jealous that she has an older (and I guess cooler?) boyfriend who's abroad, but also because she was convinced by him to participate in an orgy with 3 of his other friends...(more on this later.) Lorenzo, a flamboyant, fabulous, butterfly-pattern shirt wearing, openly gay boy, has just transferred to the school with his new parents after leaving foster care. Luckily for him, his parents completely accept him and defend his right to express himself. Though somewhat of a cliche, his loyalty to his true self is audaciously courageous, especially since it seems like the whole school is full of homophobic arseholes. You see very quickly that Lorenzo is prone to fall into fantasy, turning all the haters momentarily into his pathetic sycophants. Lastly, we have Antonio- a shy and quiet basketball player who talks to no one. He goes hunting with his father every morning and so he’s late for class almost every day. Over the course of the movie, he talks to his older brother, who we soon learn had died recently in an accident and appears to Antonio as more of an embodiment of his insecurities and fears.

so much angst these vespa driving italian teens with their “fuck you” helmets

On day one, Blu and Lorenzo immediately hit it off in class, brought together by the mutual hate and isolation of their peers. They notice that Antonio is one of the kids in their class that isn’t entirely loathsome (and also wasn’t invited to a huge party by one of the “it” girls in class). They plan an elaborate dance sequence in matching outfits to send him a ransom-style note telling him to meet them at a pizzeria. Lots of montages later, they are an established trio of wholesome friendship, and we see hints of flirty eye contact between the three. Of course, no tale of teenage angst is complete without some kind of love conflict, so a sort of love "angle" forms. Or even a love line and point? Because it's pretty apparent that Lorenzo fancies Antonio, Antonio fancies Blu, and Blu kind of plays around with Antonio but is still pretty loyal to her boyfriend.

Cuz every dress-up montage needs synchronised dancing <3

One of the most important plot points is throughout the whole movie, Lorenzo gets bullied by the whole school. Even the teachers condemn his "outlandish" behaviour. For example, one of the teachers tries to get his suspended for wearing nail polish, since it "provokes" the other students in to cackling at him. What the fuck kind of schools does Italy have? There's unoriginal name-calling by the boys and girls, the students make a Facebook page called "I HATE LORENZO" and rally over their open hate for this lovely boy, and I already despise this school as much as Lorenzo does. A particularly poignant scene includes Lorenzo showing Blu a page of "Gay Teen Suicides", and saying that he isn't going to be like one of them, because he loves life and has a lot of to live for.

Oh baby...

They have their revenge when Lorenzo posts a hilarious video exposing some embarrassing secrets of their most antagonistic peers, with a message of "Remember, don't criticise others. We can all be criticised. No one is normal, and we invited you to mind your own business." In retaliation, the "I Hate Lorenzo" group graffitis the classroom with dumb phrases that blatantly frame the trio, and no one will believe the trio so they end up wearing matching overalls to repaint the room and are suspended for three days.

Cue a super cute idyllic day dream sequence.

And they look like a indie pop band in a music video.

The main catalyst comes when the trio school to go swimming in the local forest during their suspension and Lorenzo comes onto Antonio, who obviously flips his shit and runs away immediately.

Sadness. Masculine fragility is so strong. He proceeds to ignore Lorenzo and Blu, enduring the verbal abuse of his teammates. Lorenzo takes this especially hard, trying to make amends for what happened but not apologising for it. Antonio's fear of being called "gay" manifests as violence towards Lorenzo, where he gives him and black eye and won't stop kicking him...his teammates pull him off Lorenzo, who heartbrokenly goes home, only to be lightly interrogated by his adoptive mother about what happened. His half-heartedly pins it on Blu, since he "stole her lipstick" (as if Blu would beat the shit out of you for that). Blu tries to confront Antonio on why he's acting like this, and he confesses that he's in love with her, and that her boyfriend is evil, and that she and Lorenzo "set him up" since she knew he liked him. He angrily storms off.

A few days later, with Lorenzo's mum extremely worried about someone bullying him, Antonio shows up outside his window. He apologises for his behaviour and Lorenzo kisses him. Of course, Antonio runs away. This same night, Blu's boyfriend is in town and there are super bad vibes. At some point, he shows her a horrific video of what actually happened on the night of "the orgy". Turns out they all raped her in spite of her drunken protests. She watches this while resting on her boyfriend's chest and suddenly remembers a few fragments. It all becomes clear as she runs home into the arms of her mother. Lorenzo texts Blu to tell her the news of the kiss, but she's too busy having a long overdue emotional breakdown.

Who the fuck still goes hunting in 2016? Go away big bro!

The next day, Antonio is hunting again, and while he's about to shoot a rabbit, his ghost-brother-figment-of-his-imagination appears and whispers down his neck, revealing to the viewer that Antonio might have actually enjoyed the kiss. Lorenzo goes to school next morning excited to see what might happen. Blu goes with her mum to school, probably to explain to teachers why she understandably needs some time off. Antonio looks extra intense this morning, and the camera shot foreshadows something. The background music soon becomes intensely melodramatic, using a song by __ that always makes me want to cry, and this is when I understood that this film was not going to end so nicely.

The second that Antonio enters the room, Lorenzo gets up to greet him but Antonio takes a gun from his backpack and shoots him point blank. . . .

I just need a minute.

Blu and her mother hear the shot from the head master's office and someone reports that "a boy was killed at school", and Blu's face looks like her worst fears might have come true.

Next, a funeral sequence. From the beginning of the film, the voiceover of Blu writing letters to herself are to make sure that this story is told, and the ending of the film makes it clear that she started writing these bits after Lorenzo's death. It doesn't mention what happened to Antonio...maybe he killed himself as well shortly after, or he went to jail for murder...Did the school learn anything? Did his death teach anyone a lesson about the effects of homophobia and bullying? The worst part about this ending is that it's not entirely unrealistic, what happens to Blu and Lorenzo, and that is the most disheartening thing. Blu concludes that if they had just behaved just a little differently, this could have been avoided. If they had been less afraid, if they were better, stronger, that it wouldn't have taken much.

They cut back to the scene in the lake, and instead of Antonio storming off, he explains to Lorenzo that "it's not something I want. Not now at least." Lorenzo then asks, "What now?", and they all run off into the lake and have a good time like they had planned.

AND THIS IS WHERE THE MOVIE SHOULD HAVE ENDED UP.

This movie is teen angst, friendship goals, catwalk montages, daydream sequences, kitschy matching outfits, shitty school moments, and fucking heart-stopping in the finale. The most unrealistic thing is perhaps how Lorenzo, being an openly gay adopted teen in Italy, where I imagine the culture of homophobia is pretty strong in its outskirts, can still manage to be the bright shining star that he is. Bursting with confidence, he doesn't give a shit about what anyone thinks of him, and that is what makes his character the most adored. Similarly, Blu is his partner in crime as they defy societal expectations of what they ought to be. Antonio, on the other hand, was probably a lonely butterfly who could never talk to anyone about his feelings. All he had was an image of his brother to converse to, and we can see how his internalised homophobia could manifest so terribly.

Apparently, the movie was based on real-life events of a school in America from 2008, and the beautiful Mika (the singer that my dog is named after) released a single with the film called "Hurts", documenting the strength of words and how much hate speech can affect vulnerable people.

I give this movie 4 stars. 1 for Lorenzo, 1 for morality lessons against hate-crime and bullying, as well outlining the potential neglect that parents and teachers have for the young people around them, 1 for showing the extreme effects of internalised homophobia because it's a very important topic to be discussed, and 1 for all the realness/unrealness that pops in and out of the movie in honest twee fashion.

While this film appears at first as a very classic coming-of-age film, we understand that the message of the film is very dark. On reading articles about it, suppose all the mainstream gay pride references of being proud of who you are, glamorise and simplify the emotional ease in which it takes to evade the retaliation of society and culture when you go against the norm. Even when people have accepted themselves for who they are, it by no means makes it easier. And that the things you might have easily accepted, might have actually been horrific acts of abuse that have been so normalised, you didn't even realise it was wrong. Or how it just takes one kiss to unlock the crippling fragility of a vulnerable teen to murder his friend. SIDENOTES: There are so many little tidbits that make this movie so delightful. I recommend watching it.

On the recent light of US gun laws, this movie is particularly jarring. Valentina Romani plays a queer teen in the Italian version of NBC’s Parenthood called Tutto può succedere, which is a pretty strong performance and pretty much the reason why I wanted to watch this movie.

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gcgazette · 2 years ago

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Rimau Grillo Ritzberger & Leonardo Pazzagli in Il bacio (Ivan Cotroneo 2017)

#gay movie #cinema #cute boys #movie

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damiendo · 7 years ago

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Lorenzo le magnifique...

#lorenzo #un bacio #one kis #film #rimau grillo ritzberger #joli garçon #cute boy

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samsdei · 7 years ago

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Rimau Grillo Ritzberger

#rimau grillo ritzberger #one kiss #un bacio #lorenzo

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gay-in-cinema · 8 years ago

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One Kiss Ivan Cotroneo 2017

#One Kiss #Ivan Cotroneo #Rimau Grillo Ritzberger #Leonardo Pazzagli

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deuvaodechinita · 8 years ago

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Leonardo Pazzagli & Rimau Grillo Ritzberger - Un Bacio

#leonardo pazzagli #rimau grillo ritzberger #un bacio #un beso #mine #gay #one kiss

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filmsareeverything · 8 years ago

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Film: Ein Kuss

That’s the title we get in German. One kiss. Congrats movie you got good one!

Why? I don’t wanna screw with any other movie title choices, but a lot get really weird titles, when the movies are released in Germany. This one: lucky. Wasn’t hard to translate though. The original movie title was Un bacio. So now shortly to the basics: released in 2016 and bought by me last week on itunes (no commercials here, but I just wanna let people know, that the movie is out and about).

So I watched it last night, what might be weird for some of you guys out there, but I sometimes have expectations on certain films and then I don’t want them to be destroyed right after I bought the movie. Last night I was in a place, where I was ready to watch it! Cause reading about it, I knew I would cry. Cuddled up in a blanket on my sofa I watched it and was blown away from beginning to end. This movie, I knew from the first seconds, wouldn’t disappoint.

Un bacio is based on a novel I didn’t read, so this won’t be a book – film comparison.

The movie has an amazing soundtrack. Born this way by Lady Gaga is featured in one of the best scenes. But let’s be clear here. I liked it so much, I even feel bad writing about “one of the best scenes”, cause actually every scene is one of the best. And now I’ve done it. It sounds like too much goodness in a movie and that sometimes creeps me away, but believe me! This movie is worth watching.

The story, I don’t wanna write too much about it, everything you need to know about that you can get from the trailers or Wikipedia. Short: Three friends. A girl. Two boys. Calling themselves losers. (Parallels to Perks of a Wallflower, anybody?) And two endings. The real one and the wished for ending.

The movie blew me away and I actually decided cause of that feeling to create a sideblog just for movies and my passion for them. I hope I can spread the love for films and I wanna write about the positive movies and films that kind of belong to me, because they become a part of me. My goal would be more people seeing the movies and films that influenced me positively. (Mostly)

I’d be honoured if you decide to follow me. Thanks, Lena.

#un bacio #my sideblog #one kiss #ein kuss #film #movie #movie critic #movie critique #italian movie #italian movies #rimau grillo ritzberger #Valentina Romani #Leonardo Pazzagli #Ivan Cotroneo

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