Orpheus' Song

The relationship between the two leads isn't quite "no homo!" as there are hints and signs that there might once have been a little more than friendship between them. They both present as straight but Enis's girlfriend implies that gay friends of theirs might like to be around Phillip.

They are workout buddies who go on a free trip to Greece. Some reviewers and the summary/plot writer here on IMDB seem to think that their meeting with Hercules was some sort of mystical awakening. It was not; it was a tourist scam carried out by a peasant playing on credulity and I could see it coming from afar. The subsequent events were what could happen with any couple of supposedly straight lads in a bromance.

Back in Berlin life was tough for both of them dealing with reality again and with the reverberations of their experiences in the intoxicating atmosphere of Corfu.

Someone had to be hurt in the end. I don't want this to be a spoiler review so I leave it to the viewer to find out who it is.

I enjoyed this film. The lads are real goodlookers and the scenery is fabulous. The storyline was realistic and held the interest. I'd advise people to try it out.

This was a very gentle love story told to us when a strong friendship turned into much more on a holiday trip to Greece it was well acted, slow in places, but the relationship between the two men was very well done.

The camerawork was ravishing along with the score, overall I enjoyed this movie very much

Despite the plot involving two very good looking, very straight looking friends who end up having sex with each other (the recipe of 90% of gay coms) the actual development makes no sense. The actors can barely hide the improbability of what happens, the audience is left baffled by the lack of foretelling. The locations are beautiful though and really make you want to visit the island of Corfu'... just don't expect 2 gym bros making out on the beach.

Short and sweet, Orpheus' Song is an exercise in slowly building sexual tension. The chemistry between the two leads is intoxicating, and the scenery almost as gorgeous as Philipp (a luminous Sascha Weingarten).

What is it with gay themed films and fruit ? The example of the peach in ' Call Me By Your Name ' set the example and here comes another film with a pomegranate that is the basis of male on male eroticism. For most of this semi-travelogue of a trip to Greece which could have been cut by at least ten minutes two would be gay lovers ' find ' their ' true ' orientation. They are two gym Narcissists who spend their time flexing their muscles and teasing each other while doing all this love's labours lost for women. I did not believe in this scenario except sadly for the gym part. I could have had if there had been a modicum of psychology in the film plus a real sense of chemistry between the two men. There is also a rolling about in the sands which made me laugh and a wrestling scene that made me almost want to stop watching. Put bluntly this is not a very good film, but it gets a 4 because of Orpheus ( called Hercules here ) who genuinely does tap on a sense of magic that unfortunately disappears too quickly. For gym buddies alone who believe they have minds and an appreciation of cinema beyond Hollywood tripe of the 21st Century.