The reference point might be Dolan, but there’s at least as much Charlie Kaufman in here, if Kaufman also threw in acres of male flesh, a bit of cruising and plentiful explicit hookups, which is undoubtedly part of this film’s appeal.
With more than a nod to Charlie Kaufman this fun metafiction centred around Athens’ queer scene has plenty of sun, sea and acres of male flesh.
They are Demos and Nikitas, and we quickly learn that they are besties who frequent the various locales of Athens’ queer scene and had dreams at one point of being actors, and in Nikitas’ case, directing too.
How about a spry, sexy metafiction set in and around Athens’ queer scene, starring a couple of familiar sounding BFFs, and telling the story of the summer when Demos briefly adopted a dog named Carmen?.
One is conventionally hunky: muscular, naturally hirsute but neatly trimmed, with thick dark brows and the kind of lantern jaw that casting directors in the 1940s would have immediately drafted into a pirate adventure opposite Tyrone Power.
