I feel that the movie was executed fairly well. The actors did a brilliant job in my opinion, however, the content of the film just really annoyed me.
The first 30 minutes showed the passion between the 2 characters, and long footage of the cat going about its day. Lots of full frontal nudity. There was even a scene when the main characters danced with raging erections. I'm in no way a prude, but the sex scene when friend Lorenz watched was a little odd, to me.
OK so Stefan did kill the cat, however I don't think he harboured some inner dark hatred for Moses. From how I see it, Moses bit Stefan on the hand and in a knee jerk reaction, horrifyingly, Stefan broke Moses' neck, which I don't even think he meant to. It may happen if you get a fright, he stood up and it was quick. Stefan was clearly horrified and remorseful at his actions, as could be guessed by the wailing from him that seemed to have gone on forever. To me, it just showed Andreas physically and emotionally abusing Stefan over a fairly long period. Stefan, the poor guy even had a breakdown while playing soccer with his mates. Andreas made Stefan see a psychologist. I don't know whether you were supposed to but I felt myself siding with Stefan.
It wasn't until Stefan fell out of a tree and lost one eye did Andreas show some sort of compassion. Even then Andreas treated Stefan with contempt.
It wasn't until the end of the film did you see Andreas give permission to Stefan to kiss him.
It was a great film, but Andreas' weird obsessive grieving process for Moses was just a little too much for me, and I just wanted to scream at the TV for Stefan to leave him. Andreas was a bully and Stefan had low self esteem issues.
The first 30 minutes showed the passion between the 2 characters, and long footage of the cat going about its day. Lots of full frontal nudity. There was even a scene when the main characters danced with raging erections. I'm in no way a prude, but the sex scene when friend Lorenz watched was a little odd, to me.
OK so Stefan did kill the cat, however I don't think he harboured some inner dark hatred for Moses. From how I see it, Moses bit Stefan on the hand and in a knee jerk reaction, horrifyingly, Stefan broke Moses' neck, which I don't even think he meant to. It may happen if you get a fright, he stood up and it was quick. Stefan was clearly horrified and remorseful at his actions, as could be guessed by the wailing from him that seemed to have gone on forever. To me, it just showed Andreas physically and emotionally abusing Stefan over a fairly long period. Stefan, the poor guy even had a breakdown while playing soccer with his mates. Andreas made Stefan see a psychologist. I don't know whether you were supposed to but I felt myself siding with Stefan.
It wasn't until Stefan fell out of a tree and lost one eye did Andreas show some sort of compassion. Even then Andreas treated Stefan with contempt.
It wasn't until the end of the film did you see Andreas give permission to Stefan to kiss him.
It was a great film, but Andreas' weird obsessive grieving process for Moses was just a little too much for me, and I just wanted to scream at the TV for Stefan to leave him. Andreas was a bully and Stefan had low self esteem issues.