Drown
“Get ready for a night out with the boys.”
Drama
Len is a Surf Lifesaving champion, a legend in the cloistered surf club just like his father. When the younger, faster, and fitter Phil arrives at the club, Len’s legendary status starts to crumble. Then Len sees Phil arriving in the company of another man. Phil is gay.
VIBE
A suffocating dive into repressed masculinity and simmering jealousy. The film feels like a tense, claustrophobic pressure cooker, building towards an inevitable, tragic release. It’s a raw, unflinching look at internal turmoil and societal pressures.
broodingintensemelancholictensesuffocatingslow-burngritty realismcharacter studyarthouse dramamasculinityhomophobiaself-loathingrepressionjealousy
suicidebeachjealousydrowninghomophobiaassaulthallucinationgay clubbullyingbased on play or musicalmachismoin the closetswimminginsecuritysexual repressionintoxicationnonlinear timelinelifeguard
