Someone recommended the German psychological horror movie Picco, about the inmates at a juvenile detention center -- "lots of naked bodies on display." There's bound to be some buddy-bonding, and maybe some homoerotic relations, right?
Wikipedia says that it features a "troubled young man" named Jakub, who becomes enmeshed in a "harsh social hierarchy" and "the brutal realities of life behind bars." That's like every prison movie ever made.
1. The psycho-violent Marc, played by Frederick Lau.
2. His belligerant crony, Andy, played by Martin Kiefer
3. The weak, sensitive Tommy, played by Joel Basman. I don't know why everyone in a German movie has an English name.
They brutalize Kevin, over and over, until he eventually realizes that he can acquire social capital by helping them brutalize the weaker boys.
They devise a plan to torture the weakest boy, either Tommy or someone unspecified, so brutally that he will commit suicide to escape. The torture is apparently relentless. The Hollywood Reporter states that : "Many walkouts occurred during the Cannes screening I attended, and one Frenchman angrily shouted out as he left, “they might as well show scenes of torture from Auschwitz!” and others seemed to agree."
Buddy bonding: Not likely. The boy interact only to insult each other, discuss the girls they would like to rape, and gang up on someone they want to brutalize.
Gay characters? No. The boys talk about heterosexual sex all the time, and call each other homophobic slurs, although none is actually gay.
So two hours of homophobic torture porn.
Why is male nudity common only when the guy is about to have sex with a lady, or being brutalized?
The person who recommended Picco must be from Germany. It's not available for streaming in the U.S., except on the JustDial website.
See also: Bumper in Berlin Episode 1.3: Bumper saves the day by doing everything wrong
Have you heard about a Swedish movie called "Evil" (2003) I have no seen it but it does take place in boys school and there seems deal with beatings and torture- also the boys are members of swimming team- not sure if there is any buddy bonding - like I said I have not seen it but you can see for free on Tubi- which is great place to see older movies with few commercial breaks
ReplyDeleteIt sounds familiar -- I may have watched it a long time ago. There's an "Evil" on Netflix, but it seems to be about Catholic priests, starring the guy from "Lost"
DeleteI looked it up -- the standard heterosexist stereotyping vicious, bullying boys and kind, nurturing girls. Men can only respond to each other with growling, menacing threat. A few swimming scenes.
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