Bent

Bent

1997 · 105 min · EN · 6.9 (128 votes)
Dir. Sean Mathias · Starring Lothaire Bluteau, Clive Owen, Brian Webber, Ian McKellen, Mick Jagger, Paul Bettany · Music Philip Glass

In a time of war, they found themselves in the most dangerous place of all. In love.

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Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.

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A devastating, intimate portrayal of survival and love amidst unimaginable horror. It's a quiet, character-driven piece that forces reflection on the human spirit's resilience and the profound need for connection, even in the darkest of times.

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