The Dependent Variables
In a dark, velvety theatre, there is a first kiss between Pietro and Tommaso. When the lights come back on, however, the two students have different expectations of what might follow. The chaos of awakening desire in its complexity and sensuality is told and made almost physically tangible through looks and gestures, approach and retreat, hope and fear.
- Year: 2022
- Country: Italy
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: CSC, Premiere Film
- Keyword: male friendship, coming of age, friends, attraction, teenage boy, first kiss, lgbt, lgbt teen, boys, same sex attraction, gay theme, short film, theatre, boys' love (bl), teenager
- Director: Lorenzo Tardella
- Cast: Simone Evangelista, Mattia Rega, Francesco Ortolani, Lorenzo Robustelli, Silvia Venturi