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Relax

Relax

6,5 /10 (11 Votes)
1991 EN 25 min

Overview

An elegant film about one man's fears and fantasies regarding HIV testing.

Release date

01/02/1991

Votes

11

Popularity

0.4

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

25 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2024-07-20

⭐ 7

"Steve" (Philip Rosch) has been for an HIV test. He has been told it will take ten days for his results - but he's not to worry, unduly - just go home and "relax". Easier said than done as Chris Newby takes on an allegory-ridden monochrome experience illustrating just how he might have got the disease, how he might have prevented that infection; how he will tell his friends, his parents. How will he pay his bills? Who will look after him when his "brain turns to jelly"? If you were around in the late 1980s you'll remember that sense of paranoia, of panic and of fear that many gay men felt with…

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