To be honest, I'm not one that looks for the default LGBTQ categories when it comes to short films, or anything else. I tend to take things as I find them but there wasn't much about this film that appealed to me on the face of it. Getting into it was also a struggle, as it thrust me into a world and characters I did not feel comfortable with due to my lack of familiarity, nor was I able to connect to. This obstacle continued for some time, but credit to the film for leading the characters to a place of more universality and connection. The two leads both find a minute of honesty and realism with their 'scenes', and it reveals small things in the characters that inform their actions and presentations. This aspect worked well and made the film more impacting in these moments than in the rest.
I did find it a hard watch though. I wasn't target audience for sure, and there wasn't much in the opening sequences to help the casual viewer get into it, but this shouldn't take away from the way that it does in the end have some elements which will strike a chord if you remain open to it doing so.
