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Ko tēnei te wā tuatahi ka mātakitakitia tētahi kiriata reo Māori e au. He mīharo rawa atu, ko tōku tumanako kia maha ake ngā kiriata reo Māori 🙏

He ahua rerekē ngā motivations me ngā mahi a ngā kiripuaki ki ōku nei whakaaro. Heoi ano. He tino pai ngā kakahu.

You can’t just have a line about how ‘being gay doesn’t mean living a lonely life any more’ to excuse making a movie about how depressing and lonely being gay is. 

Featured a lot of the same themes as Aftersun (looking back on childhood, dead parents, depression, loneliness, suicide, how hot Paul Mescal is). But where Aftersun had a delicate touch this was less subtle and had a thread of nastiness that left a bitter taste. 

My favourite parts of it were the relationship between the two fellas, reminded me of Weekend (2011).