The movie I saw was "Shelter", directed and written by Jonah Markowitz. I saw the version with Vietnamese subtitles as the original version had been blocked for copyright reasons. In spite of that, I was soon so moved and caught up by the beautiful story that I forgot my irritation with the subtitles.
In the film Brad Rowe plays the older brother of the best friend to Zach, the younger man who is the main character. Zach (played by Trevor Wright) finds comfort in surfing with Shaun (played by Brad Rowe) when his college dreams are sidelined by family obligations. The two men's friendship soon grows into love and we follow how Zach struggles to accept that he is gay and the love they have for each other.
Its a wonderful movie with all it's Hollywood sleekness and glossiness.
What amazed me the most was that I had never heard of the film before, which perhaps is a sign of how out of touch I have been during the last few years. I urge you to see it if you can if you haven't done so already! And if you should have seen, why not watch it again?
Brad Rowe |
Brad is however an outspoken straight ally. Well, he would be of course otherwise he would never had accepted the role in Shelter.
Now I am going to have to buy the DVD, because I will want to watch this movie over and over again.