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Rating:

My complaints about this film are few and far between. It’s a rather awkward story about best friends finally coming to the conclusion that they desire each other sexually and the natural complications, confusion and, well, stupidity it causes all parties. There is some vagueness to the story, though I think it’s more vagueness to the subtitling than the story. It had me wondering if you could do this kind of story as casually in Hollywood, and I don’t think you could. Certainly there are sex comedies similar, but the sex is almost a side point to this film. The focus is paid to the clumsiness of those attempting it. Here it would be all about the sex and the framing device, which gives form and reason to the story, would be out because we don’t really like framing devices in this country. I’m not necessarily pro-framing device, but this is exactly the right kind of framing device for the right kind of story to make me look past my dislike of them. Overall, a very charming story. We need more like it.