The grinding noises you hear are the gears of this labored French comedy straining to keep a ridiculously convoluted narrative moving along. Twenty-three-year old Thomas (Stanislas Merhar) is the privileged only child of one of Paris' leading opera divas, Elisabeth Beaumont (Dianne Weist). Unbeknownst to his high-strung mother, Thomas is gay and has a penchant for answering "Men Seeking Men" newspaper ads. One such personal requires him to visit an older gentleman's apartment late at night and watch a sexual encounter from the bedroom closet. Instead, Thomas winds up witnessing a murder. Shaken, the young man returns home and is greeted by his teary-eyed mom, who ha...
Released:
2002
Rated:
NR
Length:
91 mins