Wintermärchen

I just watched this on a dead Ramadan afternoon. I'm sure the three leads would consider me fair game for execution for the crime of living in a Muslim country. These three right-wing radicals had barely a brain cell between them. No philosophy and no ideals or politics. They just had hatred in their bleak hearts.

The screenplay was problematical in places. The trio seemed to be loners at first but as the film progressed it appeared they belonged loosely to a larger group of like-minded individuals. But things jumped - there was no progression or explanation - I had the impression of different sections and we just had to catch up. This was a flaw and made the film more difficult to follow.

One would have said that they were anarchic except for their targets. Relations between the three were fluid which was another thing one wouldn't have expected. The guys shared a bed and then a guy and the girl or all three.

One couldn't even say these people were radicalised or had been. What they were presented as was what they always had been - loutish and nasty and racist. They hadn't needed grooming but just a gentle push.

I watched the lot until the inevitable conclusion. It's a good film overall not a great one though. I had found it in a list of "gay" films. It's nothing of the sort - that theme's just incidental. Recommended but with a warning for the squeamish.