homo erotiques: realism re-visited

tonight i watched and appreciated le beau serge. but as i watched, i craved more tortured male romance. i loved françois. i loved beautiful, troubled serge. they loved each other. and theirs was a tortured relationship. erotically so. despite the absence of a kiss scene.

i found myself editing it as i watched. i think i need to make a new version. it will be set in regional australia, and be more of a love story between françois and serge. i mean, it's already a love story, but it needs a bit of a make-over.

my version is set in a small farming town. there was enough sexual chemistry between them, so i'd leave that as is. and i'd leave the snow - that's too beautiful and important to remove for the sake of realism. i will de-real its realism; it will snow in regional queensland. the dramatic music will be exactly the same. it will jar (as it does here, but more so, because it's 2010). they would still be called françois and serge, despite their australian accents.

main scenes that need altering:

when serge has dirt on the seat of his pants, françois, while they have that chat, will say 'turn around' and lightly pat the dirt off his butt. this fits with their other scenes of touching each other.

when françois bonds with yvonne, and she says 'this one feels different', he will also put his hand to her pregnant belly. doing so, they will look each other in the eye. a moment of transference.

in the dance scene, amongst the female-male and female-female dancers, when françois and serge are standing amidst them and talking, they will in fact be dancing. not necessarily homoerotic, but it would just make sense. another scene of touching. and some eye to eye moments. okay, it would be erotic.

at some point, towards the end, marie would have a monologue. she deserves one. she needs to say something so she doesn't just become the immoral slut archetype.

i could write more on the final scene, but i won't, so as not to spoil. but i would like to add a teardrop to someone's face.