Film

Brokeback Mountain 2005

Directed by Ang Lee

  • Drama, Romance
  • 134 min
  • R

Love is a force of nature.

In 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.

DramaRomancesecret lovewyoming, usacountrysidehomophobiamarriage crisisintolerancein the closetsummercowboylgbtstar crossed lovers1960s

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Character

Earnest, grave, contemplative and classical in form.

  • earnestironic
  • gravecomic
  • contemplativerelentless
  • classical in formformally daring
  • character-ledplot-driven

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