The gay and lesbian festival circuit
favorite Ciao finally arrives in theaters Friday. The movie
was nominated for the Queer Lion award this year at the Venice
International Film Festival.
When Mark suddenly dies, best friend
Jeff (Adam Neal Smith) finds an email affair he was having with
Italian hunk Andrea (Alessandro Calza), who is readying to come to Dallas,
Texas to meet Mark for the first time. Jeff informs Andrea of Mark's
passing, then invites him to come anyway.
The movie first soul searches as the
two men grieve the passing of their friend and possible lover. Their
shared experience of commiserating over Mark's untimely death yields
its own unspoken chemistry. Lives are altered forever as the pair
come together.
Director/writer Yen Tan's Ciao is
a powerful film that speaks about the strength of love and its
mysteries.
AfterElton.com said Ciao was
“the best gay movie I've seen all year.”
New York City will be first to say
hello to Ciao; it opens there
on Friday. A slow rollout of the gay film will continue throughout
December.
On the net: The official Ciao
movie website is at www.ciaomovie.com