Broken Sky
by Julian Hernandez
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Miguel Angel HoppeDirector: Julian Hernandez
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Spanish (Unknown); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 140 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-16
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Strand Releasing
Product features:
- Gay and lesbian
Movie Reviews of Broken Sky
Movie Review: Patience is required but rewarded!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Broken Sky is an interesting film, to say the least. There is little to no dialogue and, while the movie's theme is discernable, there really is no plot as far as getting from A to B. The lighting and cinematography are very dark and will be looked at as amateurish, which I disagree with ("mood" anyone?).
The story is engaging enough: two young men meet, fall in love and eventually deal with what all young people deal with (is the grass greener on the other side?). The ending is ambiguous, many people will also hate that, and it's hard to tell where it actually fits with the story b/c of chronology (very similar to another one of my very favorite gay movies, Come Undone, which leaps back and forth between past, present and future).
The two leads are hugely responsible for helping to make this movie enjoyable and moving. Because there is little dialogue, they have to express whatever emotion you imagine the storyline dictates which is difficult because people will look at the film in completely different ways b/c of the lack of a set timeline. Miguel Angel Hoppe (Gerardo) has an angular poutiness and expresses beautifully the wide eyed wonder of love. Fernando Arroyo (Jonas) is sensual, dark and steely--a perfect foil for Gerardo.
It has some of the most open, erotic and honest lovemaking I've ever seen in a gay movie, which is a welcome change from the furtive glances that are somehow supposed to amount to love. You can actually see/feel the heat between the couple. There's also no angst about sexuality, they kiss openly and frequently, and no one is dying of AIDS or any other gay cliché you can think of. The film takes some getting used to (could have sliced 30-40 minutes off its length) but the emotional rawness and openness are what eventually pulled me in and kept me watching. To most American film audiences, Broken Sky will be a frustrating experience, but for me, this movie is right up there with Come Undone and is now one of my favorites.
Summary of Broken Sky
Two university students gerardo and jonas meet on campus and fall passionately in love. They enjoy a blissful romance until jonas becomes obsessed with another boy and drives gerard into the arms of sergio. The young men become entangled in a hypnotic dance of love longing rejection validation and sexual Studio: Strand Releasing Release Date: 01/16/2007 Run time: 140 minutesSimilar DVD Movies
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