there is an urgent call for the doctor and she is informed her beloved husband has been killed in a car accident.
This highly watchable Italian film is similar to AlI About My Mother in many senses. Director, Ferzan Ozpetek, creator of Turkish Bath, skilfully moves his female lead Antonia, through distraction, over the loss of her devoted Massimo, into a whole new world of betrayal and discovery. It turns out that for seven years Massimo was not the man she knew. He'd been having an affair with another man. She tracks down her
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husband's lover - the bewitching Michele - and Antonia is lured into
his circle of gay friends and transexuals. One of the group is dying with
Aids. Actually, HIV plays a peripheral role, which is fine, although some
of the discussion around it seems trite at times, as do the over-sentimental
scenes of gay camaraderie.
There are great performances from the lead characters in this feature
and some especially fun scenes between Antonia and her cranky, unsympathetic
mother. It's not just about the emotional journey of two grieving individuals
from very different walks of life; Ozpetek also gets into interesting
conflicts that arise when you introduce a beautiful heterosexual woman
with traditional values to a liberal, off-the-wall, gay household. RdF
Where Evil Dwells
Transgressive New York artist, David Wojnarowicz, gets an exclusive viewing
with
some of his previously unseen films in this year's show. Wojnarowicz was part of Nan Goldin's art crowd in New York. He contracted HIV in 1987 and
