Brokeback Mountain (2005)

The film constructs over two hours a narrative designed for the viewer to see the homosexual relationship between the two protagonists as authentic, profound love, equivalent to marriage. The strategy is emotional: it presents their heterosexual marriages as empty and frustrating, while idealizing the relationship between them as the true love of their lives. The script eliminates all critical perspective and transforms homosexuality into the moral heart of the story. The cinematic quality — notable performances, careful cinematography, a measured pace — allows the message to penetrate with greater efficacy, but does not alter what the work proposes: that homosexual union is as legitimate and desirable as marriage, and that repressing it is the true tragedy. The scenes of sexual intimacy are explicit and graphic. The film uses compassion and emotion to make the viewer lower their guard and accept as normal a vision of sexuality contrary to the natural order. Not recommended for families nor for viewers without a formed and mature discernment.