There’s an old saying: Italian men do it well.
Having seen The Goddess of Fortune, we can attest. The new Italian drama from director Ferzan Ozpetek conquered film festivals worldwide, including Frameline44 and Outshine, earning rave reviews. In an exciting twist, Queerty just scored the exclusive trailer debut ahead of the US opening on October 16.
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The Goddess of Fortune focuses on Arturo and Alessandro (Stefano Accorsi and Edoardo Leo, respectively), a longtime couple in an open relationship on the verge of falling apart. The arrival of their old friend Annamaria (Jasmine Trica) with her two children only complicates matters, especially when she discloses that she suffers from a strange brain malady. As Annamaria’s condition worsens, Arturo and Alessandro must hold together their relationship and play surrogate fathers to Annamaria’s precocious kids…if they don’t kill each other first.
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By turns funny, sexy and gut-punch moving, The Goddess of Fortune has the courage to wonder: if men don’t become fathers, do they revert to being children themselves?
The Goddess of Fortune opens in Los Angeles, New York and other major American cities via virtual cinema on October 16.
nunya
“By turns funny, sexy and gut-punch moving, The Goddess of Fortune has the courage to wonder: if men don’t become fathers, do they revert to being children themselves?“ It is my personal experience that gay men who have been married (to a woman) and raised children make the best LTR partners. They know what it takes to make a relationship work and what it means to sacrifice for the good of someone else.
WashDrySpin
that is utter BS…but if that is what it takes to fantasize about straight/gay men…have at it
Cam
If you’re going to generalize we could just as easily say that they also know how to lie, and use somebody else so they can stay undercover. Just as unfair to paint all of them with that, as with your statement.
Elton John and Rock Hudson were both married to women. Didn’t really calm either of them down.
Matthewnow
I have known many gay fathers and found them to be overwhelmingly superior, nurturing parents. Excellent communication skills and surprisingly strict. Strict in a participatory parenting style. God bless gay parents.
Joe Dalmas
From the trailer I thought it was going to be another one of Oztepek’s “gay men need a woman” stories but I guess this must be “gay men need children”.
WashDrySpin
BINGO…
wooly101
Yeah not for me.