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Come Undone
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HOT ALERT: Jeremie Elkaim, Stephane Rideau

Come Undone (Presque Rien) is the story of a young French man coming to terms with his mother's depression, and his own homosexuality, during a summer holiday in France.

Delicately handsome Mathieu (Jeremie Elkaim) has come to a seaside resort town with his sisters Annick and Sarah and his mother, who has suffered from a crippling depression ever since her newborn baby died of cancer.

One day while sunning himself on the beach with Sarah, Mathieu notices the attentions of Cedric (Stephane Rideau), a sturdy, handsome, slightly older youth. The two quickly develop an illicit romance, spending their days combing the beach and their evenings slipping off for passionate sex.

Cedric, it turns out, has dropped out of school and, after a brief stint as a rent boy and a failed relationship with a boy named Pierre, moved over one town and settled into a comfortable routine of blue-collar work.

The sturdy, good-natured Cedric charms Mathieu's family, but the true nature of the youths' relationship soon becomes apparent, leading to conflict, especially with oldest sibling Annick. Mathieu's biggest problem, however, is his sense of powerlessness over his mother's illness and the death in the family.

The scenes of his romance with Cedric are interspersed with scenes from two later time periods. In one setting, we witness Mathieu's recovery from a suicide attempt and subsequent refusal to accept Cedric's visits; in another, we see Mathieu return, alone, to the site of his sexual coming of age.

This has to be one of the best movies I have ever seen in a long time that's why I'm giving it a perfect 5-star rating!

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