The Swimming Trunks

Original title: Le maillot de bain

2013
21m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

149

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Stanley Weber and Roger Manning in The Swimming Trunks (2013)

Drama Short

On holiday on a campsite by the seaside, Remy, 10, is fascinated by Stephan, 35, the father of one of his playmates. This is a new, confusing feeling for him. Nobody knows what he is going t... Read allOn holiday on a campsite by the seaside, Remy, 10, is fascinated by Stephan, 35, the father of one of his playmates. This is a new, confusing feeling for him. Nobody knows what he is going through especially not handsome Stephan.On holiday on a campsite by the seaside, Remy, 10, is fascinated by Stephan, 35, the father of one of his playmates. This is a new, confusing feeling for him. Nobody knows what he is going through especially not handsome Stephan.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

149

YOUR RATING

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- 4 wins & 2 nominations total

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8/10

Innocense on the cusp of sexuality

I think this film touches something that many boys who grew up gay can connect with. Innocence on the cusp of sexuality.

A little boy, fascinated by the charming, handsome father of a friend at a family beach vacation. The boy becomes lost in fantasies about the grown up. Not really sexual fantasies, but a mysterious attraction. A hidden desire. A wish.

The boy wants something, perhaps ambiguous, of the man.

There is desire burgeoning in the young boy that belies or contradicts his childlike innocence.

I thought the film worked very well to capture the undercurrents of longing in children, before they even know what the longing is.