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Torch Song Trilogy (1988)

Drama | 120 minutes
3,73 69 votes

Genre: Drama

Duration: 120 minuten

Country: United States

Directed by: Paul Bogart

Stars: Harvey Fierstein, Matthew Broderick and Anne Bancroft

IMDb score: 7,8 (8.156)

Releasedate: 14 December 1988

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Torch Song Trilogy plot

"It takes a lot of guts and a helluva sense of humor to live life in Arnold's shoe's."

Arnold is a New York drag queen who craves love and recognition from his environment and his homophobic mother. This involves trial and error.

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avatar van Observator

Observator

  • 18281 messages
  • 3552 votes

A surprisingly fresh-looking - not typical 70s, 80s - and respectful film about Arnold (Harvey Fierstein, 'known' from Independence Day, Mrs. Doubtfire), a drag queen looking for love, respect and acceptance in the New York of the 1970s.

In principle a standard (love) drama (searching for true love, failed relationships, family problems, death of a loved one), but slightly different due to the sparse and sometimes charged gay theme. All in all, a very beautifully designed and well-acted drama with humor.

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Although strictly speaking the story is "one cuts planks from thick wood"; the underlying theme (desire, individuality and loss) is certainly not; and is portrayed in an inimitable way. The main character is one you will never forget. Very special film.

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avatar van Filmkriebel

Filmkriebel

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I don't know to what extent the high average of this film has to do with the percentage of gays who voted for the film. Maybe some influence after all? Harvey Fierstein (not to be confused with Weinstein) is a Broadway playwright who worked to make homosexuality a topic of discussion in the 1980s, and he succeeded wonderfully with Torch Song Trilogy, because he wants to share with us what it feels like to be gay. to live life at a time when it was still socially difficult.

Here he plays Arnold Beckoff, a shouty cousin, and draws us into his emotional world. As the title indicates, the film is structured in three periods. In the first, we see a relationship between Arnold, who performs as a drag queen in a show, and Ed, a bisexual teacher. The second period is about his idyll with Alan and in the third period he confronts his mother and has an adoptive son.

Fierstein perhaps drew inspiration from his own life experiences or those of acquaintances, and that is partly why the character, the relationships, his ups and downs, feel honest and lived through. Definitely worth seeing but very overrated here. Wondering where we will be after 500 votes.

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