Out Loud (2011)
Out Loud (2011)
WEB-DL 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4280 Kbps | 102 min | 3,16 Gb
Audio: Arabic AAC 2.0 @ 125 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Chinese
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
WEB-DL 1080p | MKV | 1920x1080 | x264 @ 4280 Kbps | 102 min | 3,16 Gb
Audio: Arabic AAC 2.0 @ 125 Kbps | Subtitles: English, Chinese
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Samer Daboul
Stars: Rudy Moarbes, Ali Rhayem, Jad Hadid
Six friends (three men, one gay and a woman) gather together in Jason's house outside Beirut for his birthday. Each of them has a very difficult family situation. During a long, intense night, eating, dancing and talking seriously, the young people make an ideal pact of love and friendship in the name of freedom, of a dream, of the hope for a better future. As in a new Decameron, modern rebels against the oppression, traditions, sexism and homophobia that permeate their society. But the violence of the real world breaks in on their splendid isolation.
The first Lebanese gay movie, which was censored in its country of origin. This film combines different genres and styles: a Bollywood style format full of songs, choreographies and colours, but also a powerful melodrama, alternating moments of comedy and dramatic elements. A manifesto of liberty and emancipation, with a cast of actors as stunningly beautiful as fashion models.
"Out Loud" – to put it in simple words – isn't only challenging the taboos of a society but also telling a beautiful story and at that successfully. Unlike most films that tell linear stories with socially relevant content – and somehow evoke the format of the traditional novel – there's hardly any social realism in it and the aesthetics of the film is somewhere between poetry and hope.
Director Samer Daboul wanted to plant a seed for the future, and this film is precisely it. It is a question mark and an exclamation mark for all those who want to live in tolerance and equality. This film – Romantic, epic, sardonic – being humble as it is, is a microcosm of the real Lebanon that lurks underneath the wars and the endless political diatribes.
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Out Loud (2011)
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