A Queer Review of the Austin Film Festival (2023)
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.

A sensual drama that depicts the fates of a man and a woman who are entangled in a negative chain of events that begins with a certain incident. This is an absurdist drama written by Takahisa Zeze, a leading director in the film industry, and shows the fate of men who are at the mercy of two women, played by a new actress with an outstanding presence. They attack a cash transport vehicle, but Taichi (Takeshi Ito) and Kazumi (Yuji Sawayama) are caught, while Hideji (Hironori Okajima) steals the money and escapes. Five years later, after being released from prison, Taichi visits a coffee shop run by Hideji with Noah (Harumi Kashima), who is suffering from an incurable disease, but an unexpected situation arises when his wife Reiko (Mayuko Sasaki) and Kazumi's love interests become involved.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
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