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Love Forbidden

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Love Forbidden

Released Oct 16, 2002

1h 36m

Drama

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A film student (Rodolphe Marconi) and an aspiring writer (Andrea Necci), both young men, develop a tentative attraction to each other.

Dave Kehr

New York Times

Love Forbidden ... falls back on a screenwriting convention for its unfortunately abrupt ending, but during its course it suggests that Mr. Marconi, whose second feature this is, possesses a talent and a sensibility likely to flower in the future.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 6, 2003

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Ben Kenigsberg

Village Voice

The facile, derivative mind games played here are probably more meaningful for Marconi than they will be for anyone else.

Nov 4, 2003

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David Noh

Film Journal International

Unfortunately plays out more like Student Video 101.

Nov 11, 2003

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide

The result is rather like eavesdropping on a bright but painfully self-absorbed adolescent's secret thoughts: sometimes fascinating, other times just infuriating.

Rated: 2/5

Nov 7, 2003

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E! Online

Essentially meaningless bit of torpor.

Rated: D

Nov 7, 2003

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Jon Popick

Planet S Magazine

The religious iconography and local architecture make up for the video quality and the flat, zombie-like acting of the supporting cast.

Rated: 5/10

Oct 3, 2003

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Una historia de obsesiÃ³n, bastante bien llevada la temÃ¡tica, pero medio pelo. Un final raro.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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"Love Forbidden" is obsessed love but it's not "Fatal Attraction" thriller, more like "Death In Venice" slow drama. Rodolphe Marconi is a French visiting student in Rome. I liked the scenes of Rome and director Marconi uses the ancient statues, dark photography, and exotic locations to create dread. We wait for the outcome but not much happens which might infuriate some viewers. The movie is best enjoyed as a poem on unrequited love. Marconi is a photogenic actor who, an audience can relate to. However, you have to wonder why he doesn't try to get other gay lovers and why the less appealing Matteo (played by bland Andrea Necci) is so irresistible. Echo Danon is engaging as the American girl but she is so weird that one might think she wandered from a zombie movie. I may be rating this one too high but blame it on my interest in the movie's themes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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I fucking love this film! Simple and very deep! What an end to.. The fact that it's trilingual is a massive plus!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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This is probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen, but I do give it credit for being the first movie that I've seen that it's so bad in 4 different languages. French, Italian, English, and songs in Spanish. The story is the typical unrequited love one, becoming a love triangle, with two really intense characters and one that doesn't really seem to care about anything in the middle. Been there, seen that...however, first time in 4 languages though. I definitely do NOT recommend this one!

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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echo danon saves this film. the directing is sub par and self indulgent, so is the performance and writing and editing of this poorly constructed film. :up:

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Synopsis

A film student (Rodolphe Marconi) and an aspiring writer (Andrea Necci), both young men, develop a tentative attraction to each other.

Director: Rodolphe Marconi
Producer: Rodolphe Marconi
Screenwriter: Rodolphe Marconi
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Centre National de la Cinematographie
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 16, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Apr 27, 2004
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.9K
Runtime: 1h 36m