Baisers cachés (TV Movie 2016)

Baisers cachés: Directed by Didier Bivel. With Patrick Timsit, Barbara Schulz, Bruno Putzulu, Bérenger Anceaux. Nathan goes to a high school party and meets Louis. The two find themselves out of sight and kissing, but someone takes a photo of them. When the photo is placed online, a storm overtakes their lives.

“At the root of homophobia lies the notion of masculinity as the rigid standard for men and boys (and in a minor subplot, femininity for girls and women). Weu0026#39;ve seen this all before but Hidden Kisses confronts it head on. In some ways that are deftly handled and in others that are a bit clumsy. There is a homophobic father and is often the weak link in these coming of age movies. Itu0026#39;s hard to to get ones head around a character that is so thinly defined except there are real people like this. There are plenty of homophobic students who bully Nathan including one who is black.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe movie really shines when we see the full impact of social media on cultural expectations and norms, and how young adults donu0026#39;t see the consequences of their actions using it. They can do so much harm with so little effort. If the film had focused on this thematically, it might have been a more daring and smarter film. As such, it mostly just does the old stuff very well and returns the focus on the two leads, only to stray with brief chatter between teachers and parents.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe actors do a good job, especially Bérenger Anceaux as Nathan but the adult cast is uniformly excellent.”