Boys don't cry (1999)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1999
	Director: Kimberly Peirce
	Actors: Hilary Swank, Chloe Sevigny
	Country: USA
	Genre: Drama
	Conditions of visioning: 16.02.2015, DVD, English version
Synopsis: Brandon Teena moves from Lincoln to a small town in Nebraska, where he becomes popular. He hangs out with the guys, drinking and bumper surfing, and he charms the young women. Life is good for Brandon, now that he's one of the guys and dating hometown beauty Lana. However, he's forgotten to mention one important detail. And it's not that he's wanted in Texas for Grand Theft Auto and other assorted crimes, but that Brandon Teena was actually born a woman named Teena Brandon.
Review: I wanted to watch this movie after coming back from the Berlinale 2015, where many movies treated the homosexuality, in Vietnam, Thailand, USA, etc. This is the first movie I remember about it, here about lesbian.  Actually the story is very dramatic. The acting is ok. Chloe Sevigny is very convincing with her authenticity. Swank looks disturbed all the time, as if not feeling in the right place. As it does not fit to what the other characters say about her, it looks strange, but finally it was the case as an homosexual in the middle of heterosexual people.  Nevertheless the cinematography is very poor, the story telling has many ellipses that make it hard to follow the logic. And it is impressive to see how all say that Brandon is super cool when he just sits in the sofa looking at the others laughing. But well, this was not the purpose of the movie.  As the first emotional movie clearly about homosexuality (at least to me) the movie deserves a good rating, even if there is not so much good in the movie.
Rating: 6 /10