Director
Mariano Lamberti
Year
2012
Run Time
83
min
Country
Italy
Language
Italian
PROGRAM Time
minutes
CONTENT WARNING:
Eight characters meet during New Year ’s Eve , inexorably crossing their lives. Four men and four women, gay , lesbian and bisexual , dealing with everyday life, sentimental and working problems, jealousy and betrayals. “Good As You”, acrostic of the word ” gay ”, was the slogan used by the homosexual movement in the sixties of the twentieth century , during the protest marches.
This film is presented in Italian with English subtitles.
Eight characters (four men and four women), are destined to cross paths on New Year's Eve in Rome. With alcohol and a romantic atmosphere playing their part, assisted by a sudden black out during the toast, the eight friends will find themselves caught up in unexpected confessions, revealed secrets and impulsive decisions that will reignite overwhelming (as much as unlikely) passions. Dawn will thus salute four couples rapturously passionate and... ready to explode like a pressure cooker, with betrayals and setbacks already looming on the horizon.
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