johnm-38132 I danced for 10 years when I was much younger so this movie was a huge treat. Brought back memories. Loved all the modern dance choreography that was shown throughout. It was quirky and inventive...and used much ballet line. It was very effective in showing a small dance company with only 4 dancers....two females and two gay males. This made it much more intimate. Chip was the best dancer of the group. He showed much strength, attack and good line. Theo was good too as well as quite cute. As a gay male dancer myself, I especially loved the choreography between the two males. I got a little teary eyed watching the end where the two male dancers were clowning around dancing in front of the studio mirror. They were having fun and bonding in a way that only dancers can.

billy_dana I've watched this film four times since I found it last spring, and I'm consistently impressed by the level of story-telling in this movie. The writer, director and actors have conspired to bring a very subtle, moving story of a young man finding himself and his voice.Sure, this is a beautiful dance film. Outstanding dance. But what really moves me in this story is the evolution of the lead character - from frightened, painfully shy and timid to confident, hopeful and engaged with his small community.My measure of a brilliant film is the lack of "gaps" - i.e., places where the story drags or gets bogged down. This film has no gaps. Equally important to me is an ending that works for the story - not necessarily a happy ending (although this film definitely has that) but an ending that makes sense for the story as it has been told. There should be a sense of rightness to an ending - and this film nails that.The film is almost a Japanese silk screen of a story - spare, clean, beautiful, simple, subtle.

dmitri sokolovski I'm sorry I had to give this movie 4/10. It started off very nice, with some background story of the main character told in a subtle way, some development, but as soon as I saw the scene where they get intimate for the first time, I knew it wasn't worth watching it. The first contact is very important, there should be a whole story of both characters leading to the intimate interaction - glances, sighs, movements, gestures etc. The whole story leading to that moment can be a lot more intriguing, beautiful and spectacular than the moment itself. Here it had no proper character development, one sided approach, all of a sudden one of them starts groping another one and after being groped he consents to being kissed! What!? This is very vulgar. It's like you give a female co-worker a pat on her butt-cheeks and then she doesn't resist kissing you. No matter how the movie evolves after that, the movie is lost to a more or less sober and mature viewer. If you want to know how to develop a character, how to build characters, the plot, the scene i.e. everything that leads to the first contact you should watch Jongens, Stadt Land Fluss, Freir Fall etc. Watch how it happens in Stadt Land Fluss from 51:00 to 55:00, how nicely it is done, it takes 4 minutes from the aha moment to the actual interaction, how nicely the actors played, how the scene is set up, it's just so wonderful.

movieloverpdx I enjoyed this simple story about the intimacy and vulnerability that is experienced between a group of dancers (or any group of artists, for that matter). The main character was a gentle and torn soul. The cast did not appear to be professional actors, but delivered genuine performances. I found the soundtrack to be gorgeous (loved the Perfume Genius track)and well chosen. The cinematography was be impressive, though there was some strange editing, at times. An overall nice, sweet, and enjoyable film. My only gripe, and it's a small one, was that most all of the cast seemed to be on the verge of tears. This seemed to be a bit one-dimensional, but the mood shifted in the latter part of the film.