Thankful for this film because I am now aware of the existence of Alexander and Victor Carril. They're so cute! Major heartthrobs.

Overall, I liked the film for the most part, but there were definitely some weird parts. I spent the first 15 min confused and trying to establish what the objective of this movie was because all that had been shown up to that point was a pair of twins running away from a bakery and aimlessly hiking out in the wilderness to some unknown destination. More dialogue would've been useful, not just in the beginning, but throughout the whole film. It's a disturbing thought to think about how the rando gas station chick slept with both brothers, in the same day, (presumably) without bathing in-between. There were a few sweet moments of brotherly love where you could tell the twins really cared about one another despite the constant back-and-forth. However, those moments were brief and fleeting once you remember one of the brothers is homophobic and pimped out his brother for 100 euros before abandoning him in a public restroom where he was almost sexually assaulted. That kind of "brotherly love" makes me glad I only have sisters ??

I didn't expect much going into this movie. I found it on a list of "gay" films and when I got my copy, I did a little flip through like I always do to make sure that it was good and as a result stumbled upon the solicitation scene. I'm not into incest personally but I have seen a few films where the topic was handled delicately and beautifully so I have an open mind towards the genre if nothing else. This is NOT a gay film, however. Still, I was intrigued by the twins. They're very striking in a non-classical kind of way.

The overall premise of the film is that the boys ran away from their father's home in France to attend the funeral of their mother who lived in Spain and whom they had no relationship with. The film follows them on their journey. As other reviewers have pointed out, what dialogue there is is minimal but I don't think the film suffers as a result. If anything, it builds the tension because something is almost always just around the corner. Usually a fight because we see within the first few minutes that the boys have a very combative relationship, a juxtaposition of the sweet relationship implied in the animated short at the very beginning of the film.

As I watched, I started thinking of them as the "good" twin and the "evil" twin but truly, the good one isn't without his own faults and the evil one isn't that evil. Well...at first, anyway. It becomes obvious early on that the "evil" one, Antoine who bears a scar to make him that much more sinister looking, was the more dominant of the two and Quentin, the "good" one, was used to him handling matters and taking care of him. We see Quentin whining about being hungry and also getting a piggy-back ride from Antoine when he didn't feel like walking. Those scenes cement the nature of their relationship and the differences in their personalities. However, things change whenever someone new comes into the picture and it's interesting that on two occasions, first with the girl from the gas station and later on at the farm, Antoine finds himself on the outside looking in, literally spying on Quentin as he has sex. There's no actual incest in the film and no confirmation of sexual desire on either of their parts but the possessiveness that Antoine exhibits towards Quentin marks him as his own just as plainly as if he were his lover. In fact, his anger and jealousy spur him to do something that ultimately leads to their separation.

I consider this film a study in human behaviour, specifically relationships and how you can love someone and hate them at the same time, knowing that they're poison and no good for you but you still need them all the same. It's "you can't live with them but you can't live without them" at its very core and I appreciate that it's not a stereotypical romantic pairing, though it still comes across that way to an extent.

It's not a perfect film by any means but it's not a terrible way to spend 76 minutes. The scenery is beautiful and the action, when it comes, is gripping. My biggest complaint is that I would've liked more backstory into their estrangement from their mother and I wish they'd shown what happened to Quentin after he ran off. The film is primarily seen through Antoine's POV and once Quentin runs away from his would-be rapist, we don't see him again until the funeral, which left me with some questions that we never got any answers to because the film ended 10 minutes later. How did he make it to the funeral when he left all of his possessions behind?

The twins were brilliant in their portrayals, though. They did an excellent job of establishing the polarities in the twins' personalities. I couldn't have asked for more from them.

Overall I enjoyed it, even wished it was longer if only because I wanted more Quentin and his silent brooding.

The story of Twin brothers whom decided to visit their unknown mother funeral without the consent of their father and so they elope and on their adventure they encounter a lot of life learning situation. They are twins and are brothers, they trust and love each other. But their adventure lead them to learn the differences between the two of them, the differences that fractured their relationship as siblings. The movie could be entirely improve but then the whole screenplay for me it becomes a bland mime. Most of the scene are understandable by gestures, no lines, no words. But the silence becomes too much that some scene becomes a question. Examples are; The sex scene between Quentin and the farm lad it never explains if Quentin is gay or what?, How Quentin escape from the man whom paid Antoine 100 euros?, how did he reach the cemetery first before Antoine? The woman who rescued Antoine whom abused him? What was clear to me is at the end scene, they were reunited at last but their relationship has been damage already. They fought to relieve their hatred with each other but then Antoine drowned. The cries of Quentin in fear to lost his brother means compassion that whatsoever at the end they are still brothers and love still remains. When Antoine was relieve Quentin stands up, turn around and leave Antoine alone which means departure. Their experiences in their venture shaped them to be man on their own. And the end scene it emphasizes that the two of them at the end will have to live a separate lives.