FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE The way He Looks (engl. subt.) 

The most beautiful thing about this Brazilian film is how little fuss it makes about its subject. And that would be very easy! The Way He Looks is a Coming Of Age story. Well, that's nothing special. It is a gay Coming Of Age story. Also not sooo original. But: One of the boys is blind. Okay, this is a big deal! But not for Leo (Ghilherme Lobo) and Giovana (Tess Amorim), who talk at the beginning about the summer coming to an end. Just like it is here in Berlin. Timidly they tease each other about kissing for the first time this summer. In short, we notice that Daniel Ribeiroa's film is more about the little things in life. Who knows; maybe even a romance between Giovana and Leo would be possible? By the way: Leo is blind. Then Leo takes part in a class project together with the attractive Gabriel. This is very graceful, especially when Gabriel teaches Leo to dance to Belle & Sebastian. Very slowly Leo really blossoms! Such a kind and humble film is The Way He Looks! Somehow the characters in the movie are not completely different from ourselves and that's why we like to spend 90 minutes with them. Almost factually we learn more about how they live. If this is not a progressive approach, what is?