Poetic and deeply mysterious, Ruins is a supremely sexy 14-minute short from French writer-director Benoît Duvette, following two nameless young men (Paul Lecomte and Simon Royer) whose forbidden love has sent them running from society at large.
Set in a misty lakeside forest, the film finds two unnamed teen boys on the run. We don’t exactly know why, but it isn’t hard to guess that their feelings for one another are intense.
In the hollow of the night, alone, their pains and their fears eventually come to the surface.
Playing out like a dream sequence, Ruins is a sensual, atmospheric, and incredibly homoerotic coming-of-age short about the literal and figurative pain of youthful longing and desire.
Watch a short clip from Ruins below. The film is now streaming on Dekkoo.
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