by Douglas Messerli
Naures Sager (screenwriter and director) 1-1 / 2020 [7
minutes]
What do you do when you have two truly wild and crazy friends like the
straight couple Amirah (Siham Shurafa) and Samir (Rojan Telo), the former of
whom begins this comic short film by describing quite dramatically and sadly her mother’s
announcement of her cousin Nabil’s death, only to have her suddenly break lose
and shout out, “Who’s the fuck Nabil?”
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Ayman (Robert Hannouch) is
a gay man who has a date about to arrive and attempts to get rid them, moving all
of his wooden and stuffed images of animals he has about the place so that his
new friend doesn’t think he’s truly insane.
His friends, however,
refuse to go, demanding to check out whether or not this new friend is truly
right for Ayman.
As Jonas (Jonatan Öhlin)
arrives, a Swedish boy who appears not at all ready to enter the truly crazy
Arabic world of Ayman and his friends, the straight couple seem engaged in sex,
screaming at the arrival of Ayman and Jonas as if there has been some kind of
intrusion on their privacy. Ayman pretends to bow out, suggesting they must
have gotten the wrong apartment; but soon after admits that it all has been a
prank.
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What is a visitor supposed to do? How can he refuse? They stay, and to Ayman’s delight enjoys their truly crazy activities, falling in love not only with his new date but with his friends as well.
It’s going to be all alright.
Jonas has been approved as another truly crazy person who is just right for
Ayman.
Usually, a new sexual
encounter has a few evenings with his new mate before he introduces him to his
friends and his true life; but in Swedish director Naures Sager’s truly frantic
small gem of a movie, his friends insist he come to terms his new date’s life
in the first long night.
Los Angeles, January 4, 2024
Reprinted from My Queer Cinema blog (January 2024).
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