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      Bent

      NC-17 1997 1 hr. 57 min. Drama LGBTQ+ List
      72% 25 Reviews Tomatometer 77% 5,000+ Ratings Audience Score In 1930s Berlin, homosexual Max (Clive Owen) sleeps with German officer Wolf (Nikolaj Waldau), only to see him killed by his fellow Nazis the next morning. Fleeing with his boyfriend, Rudy (Brian Webber), Max is eventually caught and forced to beat his partner to death on a train to prove they have no connection. He's then sent to Dachau concentration camp and meets Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), a proud gay man also bound for the camp. Despite their harsh surroundings, the two fall in love. Read More Read Less Watch on Peacock Stream Now

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      Bent juggles heavy topics with style, though its heavy-handedness at times feels more like exploitation than exploration.

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      PridePosterStudios A harrowing and powerful watch. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/26/24 Full Review Daniel O Different take on the Holucaust. Good adaptation of the play. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/28/23 Full Review Poorya O absolutely worthless and pointless. I expected a good and powerful drama that circles around the concepts like war and homosexuality. this was none of them truely! it was just a piece of crowd-pleasing raw erotica. a simple movie that anyone could make. some irrelevant scenes were made just like they were begging for audience (the awful orgasm scenes). putting the meaningless story aside, I couldn't bare any of the actors. looked like they wanted to wrap it up and finish the scenes asap. I got quite impressed when I found out there isn't anything about the Holocaust though cause it would be a hotchpotch. disappointed and disgusted. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/24/21 Full Review Audience Member Great cast... however, sad reminder of the horror that gays & Jewish people faced. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member A stellar performance by all. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/23 Full Review Audience Member Bent takes a look inside the concentration camp for the homosexuals and how the prisoners tried to survive in extremely harsh conditions. My only problem with Bent is the lack of sympathetic note for the characters, they partly brought their fate upon themselves, but otherwise it is a tale of courage and strength against oppression. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Rated: C+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Emanuel Levy Variety The screen version of Sherman's play about homosexuals in Nazi Germany shows that tyro director Mathias doesn't know much about film for his erratic approach and inconsistent style bring out the play's weaknesses, though the acting is good. Rated: C+ Apr 18, 2006 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2/4 Apr 12, 2002 Full Review Eve Tushnet Patheos There’s something too well-fed in that final moment... Jan 31, 2023 Full Review James Wegg JWR How extraordinarily chilling to see playwright Martin Sherman’s masterpiece on the screen a quarter century after its release, even as Putin’s “fake war” tries to rid Ukraine of its Nazi population. Rated: 4.5/5 Oct 27, 2022 Full Review Jan Stuart The Advocate Bent shrewdly underscores the ways in which the camps reflected the hierarchy of prejudice that exists to this day. Apr 5, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis In 1930s Berlin, homosexual Max (Clive Owen) sleeps with German officer Wolf (Nikolaj Waldau), only to see him killed by his fellow Nazis the next morning. Fleeing with his boyfriend, Rudy (Brian Webber), Max is eventually caught and forced to beat his partner to death on a train to prove they have no connection. He's then sent to Dachau concentration camp and meets Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), a proud gay man also bound for the camp. Despite their harsh surroundings, the two fall in love.
      Director
      Sean Mathias
      Executive Producer
      Sarah Radclyffe, Hisami Kuroiwa
      Screenwriter
      Martin Sherman
      Production Co
      Channel Four Films
      Rating
      NC-17
      Genre
      Drama, LGBTQ+
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Apr 12, 2017
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $418.2K
      Sound Mix
      Surround
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