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James leads a lonely life in a luxurious castle in which his parents run a hotel. He never goes out with friends, spends his spare time in his room and peeks at the hotel’s guests out of boredom. Generally hides in his room, to stay away from his wannabe-controlling mother, who has no insight in the life of her son, James is forced outside when a group of handsome Swedish football players staying at the hotel capture his interest.
When he finds one of the boys injured at the hotel’s swimming pool, James offers his help and smuggles the boy into his room and locks the door. Locked up with a strange boy in his own room, James experiences the complexity of his own sexual feelings and insecurities for the first time.
Thanks to director Marco van Bergen for submitting this :)
+5
about 7 months ago
Cute.. Wanted to see more though
Short films suck because they’re well… too short! Sequel? :P
about 7 months ago
The best thing about this little film is Mr Kersloot, who has shown that he can act and rescues the production from sheer banality.
about 7 months ago
You had me at “handsome Swedish football players”
about 7 months ago
Kersloot : A very good looking actor. Quite sexy!
about 7 months ago
finally something good is coming from the Bilderberg
about 7 months ago
Sweeeeet short!! The boys are cute (and hot!), hehehe…
I like the Sweden flag! It’s very beautiful!!
about 7 months ago
I’m with you on all points :-)
about 7 months ago
Nice film….
I once went to Utrecht from Rotterdam. Nothing much else to do on a rainy afternoon but stick a pin in the map and jump on to the train….
Nice town — but all I can clearly remember is tons of cheese — LOLzzzz
about 7 months ago
I have recently become facinated with short film as a unique form of expression. There is very little dialogue in this brief segment of a day with a shy and seemingly sheltered young man, Yet it is easy to relate to the struggle with his desire. Because the film is brief and open ended, the viewer is invited to fill in the blanks and speculate on a possible back story and an ending. Films like this will provide a mirror for something of ourselves.
I thought the acting of the shy young men was very good. For me his body language and facial expression captured the mood and hesitation within his struggle.
about 7 months ago
It’s an interesting story and I liked it for “what it is,” but also, it seems just a bit too fractured and/or the director didn’t quite know how to deal with some of the nuances of the boys (and story).
“Because the film is brief and open ended, the viewer is invited to fill in the blanks and speculate on a possible back story and an ending.”
Yeah, a a lot of blanks and definitely a “back story.” My first question (since his family ‘owned’ this castle as a “hotel”), is why is he “living” in “Room 20″ (on the 2nd floor)? Wouldn’t the entire family be living downstairs in some sort of “apartment,” separate from the rest of the “hotel”/castle?
Maybe I’m too pragmatic for stories like this. :-) But it was OK, too.
about 7 months ago
Hell, I got stressed. A tense movie.