En La Cama

Wow! I have watched the film a week ago and it still stays with me! I couldn't fall a sleep for hours after watching. I wanted to call my kids see that they are all ok. To talk to them. The film totally moved me! It had a big impact! Still trying to analyse why. I think it is so well done. Everything about it! The directing, the camera work (wow)! The acting! (Israel Ogalbo give a memorable performance! Itching all of the actors are just fab!). This film should definitely get a wide distribution! It must! It should be out there so people can be informed of the danger of excessive use of drags. I salute the filmmaker and who ever was part of this film!

At the moment that I write this review, there are eight earlier reviews, of which no less than seven rank it a 10 out of 10, all with jubilant texts and such hyperboles as "brilliant", "extraordinary", "terrific", and even twice "masterpiece". I'm seriously dumbfounded: did they really watch the same movie as I did?!? Because it's (in my humble and down to earth opinion) simply terrible. It's totally uninvolving, repetitive, tedious, and my 4,95 euro to stream it were the only reason that I sat the whole thing out.

There is a total lack of any narrative, it's just 85 minutes of watching three persons having sex, smoke, using all sorts of drugs and totally flipping over it, having sex again (and again and again), screaming and yelling at each other, and behaving as erratic as possible. All this in the uninspiring setting of a crummy apartment. Main character Guy (Israel Ogalbo) is at least remotely sympathetic, but his BFF Joy (Moran Rosenblatt) is extremely obnoxious and completely hysterical, every scene with her made my ears pop. And Dan as the mysterious outsider is just weird and creepy. Towards the end something (meant to be) horrendous happens, but it was so amateurishly staged (so you see her, so she's - whoosh! - gone!) that the effect was simply ludicrous.

There's a lot of gay sexual content (being gay, I admit that's what attracted me in the first place), but it was all way less provocative than the synopsis suggested: it's a lot of bare bottoms, but that's about it, so even that didn't make this experience any more bearable. The end suited the rest perfectly: Guy waggling naked and in some kind of drugs-induced stupor along the street to whatever profound concluding moral the makers may have had in mind. I heaved a deep sigh of relief and exasperated waggled to my bed.

The single biggest problem with this film is that these are incredibly dislikable people so caught up in their love of drugs that little else matters to them. The only interesting thing the film has going for it is the tension it creates with the character "Dan" who we the audience wonder might or might not be the shooter from the Gay Pride parade. The plot becomes further muddled over the issue of why Dan cannot "go home." He offers some lame excuse that his friends cannot find out he is gay. All three -- who seem incredibly codependent -- take drugs and more drugs, and by the end, we, the audience, are so fed up with all of them that we really could care less what happens to any of them. I'm not really certain what the director's purpose was here. Whatever it was, it was lost in this muddled mess.

This film reminds me of the film and the book of "Christiane F". It left me speechless. I was very much impressed of the fact that the film/script takes place in one location. I have seen very few films that worked in one place/location. It a very difficult task to keep the tension and the phase working in one location. In this film the filmmakers definitely succeeded. I felt I was with the characters every minute of the film. As if I was going through the same emotional process that they are going through. The acting, directing is utterly superb! I did know who is the DJ who wrote the music but it made me look for his bio and work. Great musician! I highly recommend that film!

On of the best independent films I ever seen! I was fascinated and. Alert throughout the film. The acting is superb! So believable! I was in awe that the filmmakers were able to tell such a strong story and all in one location! I loved the Camry work. It is beautifully shot and the frames colored with the right colors that help to create the intensity of the film. The directing is accurate, creative and keeps you engaged and fascinated every minute of the film. And I have to mention the work of the amazing DJ Offer Nissim wow! It as if the musics is a character itself! The film had a big impact on me and It stayed with me for along time! I will definitely watch it again!