Plot Summary:Four short films explore love, growth, and pain in intimate relationships between men. In "Death in Venice, CA," a stressed-out academic succumbs to the temptations of his landlady's 17-year old step-son. "Achilles" tells the story of Achilles and Patroclus during the siege of Troy. Pride costs Achilles the love of his life. In "My Polish Waiter," a chatty young man, Timith, pushes himself upon Belky, a nearly-wordless immigrant waiter. After they become lovers, Timith sees beyond himself to Belky's happiness. In "Miguel, Ma Belle," a needy, HIV-positive young man gets a dog as a gift when he's jilted. Through the dog, the young man, Miguel, becomes master of himself.
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还剩下5部左右的同志题材片子，渐渐发觉这类片子有时太偏向于情欲方面的表现，情欲在当中始终是不可或缺的东西。但是否真需要着重强调这事情呢？为何就不能有一些普通情感交流的片子呢？思考到这个群体被人歧视的....