Beauty (2011)
- Original title
- Skoonheid
- Directed by
- Oliver Hermanus
- Genre
- drama film, LGBTQ-related film
- Country
- South Africa, France
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 5.8 of 10 from 34 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A middle-aged married man in South Africa struggles with his repressed desires for a younger man. The film follows his obsessive longing and the personal cost of hiding his true self.
tensemelancholicslow-burnunsettlingintrospectivebleakclaustrophobicemotionally restrained
What happens
Beauty (Afrikaans: Skoonheid) is a 2011 South African psychological drama co-written and directed by Oliver Hermanus. It premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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