
A year in the lives of Mateusz and Agata - a theatre director and an actress fascinated with New Age, respectively. Ideas of new spirituality and an experiment with open relationship confront the protagonists with a difficult emotional challenge.
Barry Jenkins' masterpiece holds up as the story of a lifetime centered on the intersection of Blackness and gay identity.
Overall, The Shining is a great film to watch for its atmosphere and setting. While the characters’ portrayals could’ve been more accurate to the book, they’re all still memorable nonetheless.
The film is a simple love story reminiscent of stories like The Notebook released in 2004. Sylvie and Robert are rarely actually together in the film, however; time and circumstance keep them away from each other, and the audience waits with bated breath to see them find one another over and over.
We have a long way to go with LGBT representation in film, especially when it comes to LGBT characters of color and trans characters.