TRAILER: Get Excited For Porno Melodrama!
First things first: No one around here condones homophobia or any legislation under its influence, and generally speaking, any statement against said legislation is one worth backing. But that's not why I'm pumped for the short film Porno Melodrama, which purports to be a direct reaction to institutionalized hate in Lithuania. I'm pumped because holy Christ this trailer.
Not even the trailer, but the synopsis:
Akvilė and Jonas were an inseparable pair when they went to school. Both dreamed of becoming great actors one day. But their plans changed the moment that Jonas met a young man named Matas and fell in love. The heartbroken Akvilė went on to work in the porno industry, yet she never forgot Jonas. Eventually, Akvilė persuades him to perform with her in a porno film. Jonas accepts, but only because the film offers him and his boyfriend a chance to escape homophobic Lithuania...
Crazy, right? But, you know, in a politically principled way:
The short film Porno Melodrama was created as a reaction to the Protection of Minors law, passed last year in Lithuania, which was supposed to ban propaganda of homosexual, bisexual or polygamous relations to minors.
After becoming an international scandal it was criticized by various human rights organizations, European Parliament and Lithuania's own President Dalia Grybauskaitė; the controversial line was replaced to "ban to spread information that would promote sexual relations or other conceptions of concluding a marriage or creating a family other than established in the Constitution or the Civil Code."
So Porno Melodrama recently (and relatively quietly) premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival and has no scheduled release or air date in the U.S. But that should change once the industry gets a load of this (vaguely NSFW) preview. Is "Though art thyself though, not a Montague" is the new, "Winning"? One can only hope.
VERDICT: Sold!
[via Trailer Addict]
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When i first saw the thumbnail I thought, "What's that wcaky Tilda Swinton up to now?"
After watching the trailer, I'm still not convinced it isn't her.
Why we do love Tilda Swinton! Haha. Or I think you mean Derek Jarman by that. We love him too, but our film is more direct I guess, not so aristocratic. It's for you to decide though!
Anyway if the industry will be interested, you have my contact! : ]
Thanks for your attention!
Director of "Porno Melodrama"
Romas Zabarauskas
Lithuania: Where members of parliament apply for permission to hold nazi parades on independence day.
Lithuania: Where riot police were standing by during the equality parade that was only permitted after years of negotiation.
Lithuania: Where members of parliament get arrested for climbing over barriers to shout abuse at the equality parade.
Lithuania: Where the most common word for homosexual is "pederastas".
Lithuania: Where people think that "god made adam and eve not adam and steve" is a convincing and logical argument.
Lithuania: Where people still believe that homosexuality is a contagious disease spread from decadent foreign countries.
Lithuania: Where the per capita suicide rate is the highest in the world.
Lithuania: Where somehow, I have no idea how, Romas Zabarauskas made this film.
After watching this I don't know if I should be proud for this filmaker or ashamed for my country Lithuania. I guess both
Though I'm not gay, but I still want to get out of this country...
Будущей матери существенно знать, что выбор больницы необходимо начинать с задачи о плановой мойке. А цепочка анализов для женщин в положении производят бесплатно при наличии справки от врача. Нужная и актуальная информация разрешит сэкономить на обследовании и родах.
Не ждите, что в женской консультации все расскажут. Удивите доктора вопросом о способностях вашего областного перинатального центра. Эффективная беременность и роды – достоинство будущей мамы, которая понимает личные права.
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