Nico and Dani
by Cesc Gay
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Actor: Chisco Amado, Esther Nubiola, Fernando Ramallo, Jordi Vilches, Marieta OrozcoDirector: Cesc Gay
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Subtitled
Running Time: 90 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-12-11
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: New Yorker Video
Movie Reviews of Nico and Dani
Movie Review: This spoke to me!
Summary: 4 Stars
I was never this lucky in my youth, so I don't speak from experience. Still, I was pleasantly surprised by this film. First, many say there's not enough work about gay youth and this fills that void, given the fear that some cultures have about teen sexuality, and specifically male-on-male action. Many people say actions come before identfications. There are adults who are far different from the children they were "playing doctor." This movie shows what happens as boys who mess around start to have a sexual identity and that sometimes this leads to two divergent paths. Many accounts say that boys fool around until somebody says something homophobic and the boys are faced with harsh reality. Imagine if the couple in "Brokeback Mountain" were teens, rather than adults. Some of those same tensions and realities are present here.
This work is realistic in that it features two pimply, fun-chasing, law-breaking teens. However, in US cinema, actors who aren't cute rarely get parts. It was shocking to see such average-looking persons in leading roles.
I wish my own country could come up with works this daring and true-to-life.
Summary of Nico and Dani
In America, two boys at the beach with no parental supervision leads to dumb, artificial sex comedies; in Europe, the same material can turn into something genuine and sweet. In a small seaside town near Barcelona, Nico comes to visit his best friend Dani, whose parents are away for the summer. They have the typical male teenager obsessions with masturbation and girls--but Dani is just beginning to realize that he's more interested in Nico than the local girls they've been flirting with. The setup isn't unusual, but what is remarkable about Nico and Dani is the unforced naturalism of the acting and the way the story unfolds. All the young actors give simple but nuanced performances, capturing in detail the charming awkwardness of adolescence, with frank sex scenes that are more clumsy and hopeful than erotic. Winner of the Prix de Jeunesse award at Cannes. --Bret FetzerArt House & International DVD Video
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