Come Undone (2000) – Presque rien

Come Undone (2000)
Presque rien (original title)

Director: Sébastien Lifshitz
Writers: Stéphane Bouquet (writer), Sébastien Lifshitz
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Year: 2000
Duration: 100 min
Language: French with english subtitle

Stars: Jérémie Elkaim, Stéphane Rideau and Dominique Reymond

Presque rien ili Come Undone je film o prvoj mladenačkoj ljubavi. Osamnaestogodišnji Mathieu dolazi na ljetovanje sa depresivnom majkom i sestrom.
I tu upoznaje Cedrica , lokalnog momka koji i ne krije previše da je gay. Nastaje prava ljubavna romansa. Prva ljubav se zauvijek pamti, zar ne.
Nastavak možda već znate iz vlastitog iskustva. Iza svake prve ljubavi dolazi druga, pa treća i tako dok ne naiđete na onu koja traje čitav život.
Ovaj film nam priča priču o onoj prvoj, o dilemama , strepnji, strahu, o želji da vam se svaki trenutak koji provedete sa njim produži.
Interesantan film koji se ne može svrstati u stereotipne gay coming out filmove. Depresivna majka prihvata sina onakvim kakav jeste,  sestra takođe iako ponekad zlobno, Cedericov otac koji pita Mathieua: “Jesi i ti momak od mog sina” čine da ovaj film nema onu tragičnost odbacivanja koje srećemo u sličnim filmovima.
Toplo Vam preporučujem da pogledate ovu romansu.

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Presque rien (meaning Almost Nothing, which is also the UK release title; the U.S. title is Come Undone) is a 2000 French film directed by Sebastien Lifshitz, depicting a stormy romance between two 18-year-olds (One who is upper middle class and another who is working class) set in Brittany and what remains of that relationship eighteen months later.
Mathieu (Jérémie Elkaďm), is spending his summer vacation at the sea before starting to attend college in the fall to become an architect. His mother is deeply depressed because of the death of his baby brother from cancer, and he and his snotty younger sister cannot get along.

Then he meets Cedric at the beach (Stéphane Rideau, also the object of gay desires in several films, including Les roseaux sauvages), who is attractive and obviously looking for a boyfriend.

After the first shy kisses and embraces, the two boys begin a steamy affair, and Lifshitz does not hesitate to show that with realism.

A parallel plotline focuses on Mathieu eighteen months later, as he is recovering from the shock of their separation. Mathieu having tried to commit suicide, his psychiatrist sends him back to the small seaside town to learn to deal with what happened. While Lifshitz does not explicitly say why their relationship failed, the impression is conveyed that their characters are simply too different.

The film ends on a hopeful note, when Mathieu meets Pierre (Nils Ohlund), another former boyfriend of Cedric’s, and finally gets the feeling he has found someone who understands him.