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A Moment in the Reeds [DVD]

Mikko Makela (Director, Writer, Producer), Janne Puustinen (Actor), Boodi Kabbani (Actor) Rated:

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Having moved to Paris for university, Leevi returns to his native Finland for the summer to help his estranged father renovate the family lake house. Tareq, a recent asylum seeker from Syria, has been hired to help with the work, and when Leevi s father has to return to town on business, the two young men establish a connection in the heat of the Finnish summer.

A MOMENT IN THE REEDS is one of the first queer feature films made in Finland. Viewing the country from both the perspectives of an immigrant and an emigrant, the film casts the long-marginalised voices of sexual and ethnic minorities centre-stage in a story about the search for freedom, acceptance and a place to call home.

"An engaging and steamy drama" - Indiewire

"A spare, intense gay romance...an admirable quiet intensity" - Variety

"One of the most moving gay romance stories of recent years" - Film Inquiry

"A remarkable achievement...one of the year’s best LGBT discoveries." - Gay Essential

Nominated for a British Independent Film Award and two Finnish Academy Awards (Best Actor & Best Supporting Actor).

EXTRA FEATURES: Deleted scenes, Trailer & teasers

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MPAA rating : s_medNotRated Unrated (Not Rated)
Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.5 Ounces
Director : Mikko Makela
Media Format : NTSC
Run time : 1 hour and 47 minutes
Release date : December 4, 2018
Actors : Janne Puustinen, Boodi Kabbani, Mika Melender, Virpi Rautsiala
Subtitles: : English, Spanish, Italian, Swedish, Finnish
Producers : Mikko Makela, James Robert Watson, Jarno Pimperi
Studio : Wild Beast Productions
ASIN : B07KLS2X26
Writers : Mikko Makela
Number of discs : 1

Best Sellers Rank: #36,353 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #113 in LGBT (Movies & TV)
- #2,333 in Romance (Movies & TV)

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Tom George

You'll love or hate it.

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2018

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WOW, the review are really split on this one. I think too many Americans are not accustomed to European Films (yes as a child I came here from Europe). I thought the acting was excellent and the chemistry was believable. The complicated relationship between father and son was well played. I don't understand some of the negative comments. After seeing too many 1 or2 movies, I was thrilled to find a movie of this quality.

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A. R. S.

Tender. Honest. Raw. Beautiful.

Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2019

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This movie is not superficial, and is probably not for those who are looking for conventionally explicit action, drama, or sex to keep their attention. What this movie has is authenticity, tenderness, complex characterizations of clashing-yet-parallel intersectionality (geez, I sound like a humanities professor), real eroticism, and a mass of subtext that leave a thoughtful viewer with something substantive to hold onto for a while. If you liked Andrew Haigh's 'Weekend,' then you'll probably find this movie just as engaging. Far from being disappointing, the final moments of the film suggest that the end of the movie is definitely not the end of the story. . .

25 people found this helpful

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Two Thumbs In

No Happy Hollywood Ending Here, But Do We Always Get To Choose?

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2019

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It's always been my opinion that works of art usually reflect some auto biographical slice of the author's life, remotely or somehow. As a result, we experience and shared our lives with others in order to cleanse, share, or even ventilate that experience from deep within us somehow. Who knows? However, I'd like to think that I am mature and knowledgeable enough to accept that my life and the lives of other don't or won't necessarily turn out the way I want...'when I became a man, I put away childish things."

This film could have been a wonderful romantic love story, and in fact, it is until the 15 minutes of the film, but it not and Life does not alway serve us up what we want, expect, or often deserve. It serves up Life.

The two main male leads are attractive enough, the incidents leading to their union and extremely heated, sexual romps are films with beauty, delicacy, and hotness. That they are both not Americans likely sits uncomfortable with most "ugly Americans' perception of difference is not surprise, and the influence of the father is strong and and foreboding from the beginning of the film...so why is the inevitable ending so hard to accept?

Same gender loving couple have always had challenges and obstacles innately laid before them, it's the nature of the beast. Gay are 'others' unfortunately in this world, but I'd still rather view a slice of Life about people who's values, make-up, and natural instinct more resemble mine, even if the ending are not always "Happy" !

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DJP

Another gay movie with another disappointing ending

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2019

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Beautifully shot, and a good beginning, but why filmmakers seem hellbent on so few modern gay love stories ending happily, I have no idea. If you're fine with movies depicting the most miserable, unresolved parts of life, shot against beautiful scenery -- if you enjoy painful relationships between parents and children with little hope of repair -- and if you don't like seeing people have more than an evening's happiness before it's dashed -- all capped off with the struggle of a refugee's difficult beginnings and loss of family -- then this is the film for you. All pain and fleeting joy does not a pleasurable film make.

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Jonathan Tavares

Not worth purchasing... Story was just OK, and end was absolutely disappointing.

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2018

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Probably the first movie purchase in a long time that I regret...

Lots of mixed opinions about this movie. Most are not so great.

My 1 big pro is: The dialogue- specifically the topics that were addressed and HOW they feel about them. Those were extremely realistic and emotionally complex, in my opinion. (The only reason I gave it a 2 star rating- otherwise its lower)

The cons:
Dialogue does seem awkward/forced between actors. Could simply be that they were both non-English speakers as a first language, but it was just difficult to listen to/believe.
Took a long time to actually get anywhere in the movie...
The worst part for me, was that after it took a long time to finally get somewhere, it explodes then end-scene. It just felt like I was watching some college art film from the 1990's, and they were still exploring how to dramatically end a film. It was absolutely, and inexcusably a disappointing film end. But by no means an ending to a story (if that makes sense). I actually felt angry once I realized the credits were rolling...

So, in my opinion, I wouldn't bother purchasing this film. Watch it on netflix or something. Nothing against the director. I hope they learn from this and do better in the future.

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Andy Dean

Poetic

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 28, 2018

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Yes, this is a beautiful film. The two main men are beautiful and the Finnish countryside is beautiful, and it is beautifully written and acted. What it is not, however, is action-packed or fast-moving. It is a love poem, a slow meditation on the difficulties of connection between gay and straight, old and young, foreign and native, immigrant and emigrant. The film seduces you into hoping that these difficulties will be overcome, but inevitably at the end it is clear that they won't. The title summarises it well: a moment in the reeds is all these lads will have to remember in the future.

9 people found this helpful

BigAl82

Remarkably similar to God’s Own Country

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 1, 2018

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Three stars. One each for the, sensationally erotic, magnificent gay sex scenes! However there was NO happy ending. But, hey!, at least no one died. The film was slow. Far too slow. But the two lead guys were quite brilliant. First the darker guy tops the fair haired guy, then there’s a, what looked like, masturbation scene and finally the blonde guy tops the darker haired guy. And the kissing! Passionate is NOT the word for it! It goes far and away above and beyond passionate. This film definitely earns its 18 certificate. This film falls short of GoC because it leaves us, the audience, devastated by the lack of any possible hope of any kind of relationship between the two men. And, as previous reviewers mentioned, the subtitles are only for the Finnish. But GREAT gay sex scenes!

7 people found this helpful

pedro

Gay love among the reeds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 16, 2018

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Although it said there were subtitles, the only subtitles were for any dialogue in Finnish. Most of the dialogue was in English, for which there were no subtitles & I found this difficult to hear & so mostly missed out about what was happening. For this reason, I have given it only 3 stars, but it seems to be a good film, with pleny of action, & is probavly worth 4 or 5 stars. I do not know why the dialogue between Leevi & Tareq is in English rather than in French, as Leevi has been living in Paris, & Tareq comes from Syria.

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Stephen Doyle

A Moment in the Reeds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2018

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I saw an advertisement to this movie a while ago and have wanted to see it ever since. It was absolutely beautiful. Both actors played their parts well and the actor who plays ‘Tariq’ is beautiful and perfect for the roll. The first sex scene was ‘HOT’. I’m not easily pleased but it was done so well, it felt like you were really in the room with them. The only thing to complain about is the ending. I wish there was a happy ending. But I’m just an old fashioned romantic. Lol. 😂

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A WHITE

LOVE IT

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 16, 2018

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THIS FILM IS A CLASSIC IN ITS OWN ,IT STANDS UP THERE WITH CALL ME BY YOUR NAME AND DAVIDS BIRTHDAY ,THE STORY LINE IS UNUSUAL ,BASICALLY A BRILLIANTLY MINDED SYRIAN REFUGEE WHO HAS TO MAKE A LIVING AS A HANDY MAN BECAUSE OF HIS SITUATION AND A STUDENT RETURNING HOME TO VISIT HIS FATHER ,THE TWO CONNECT EVEN THOUGH THE FATHER IS VERY PREJUDICED ,THE STORY REFLECTS PEOPLES PREJUDICES WHICH CAN BE AUTOMATIC AND UNASUMMING .STUNNINGLY SHOT IT HAS ONLY THREE MAIN CHARACTERS ,AND IT SHOWS HOW DIFFIRENT LIFE EXPERIENCES CAN BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER ,ID RECOMMEND THIS FILM ,WELL SHOT GOOD STORY AND GREAT ACTING

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