Love of The Sea
Samuth is the only child in a family who depends on fishing in Kampot province. One day, he bumps into a young man named Veatu, who later becomes his reliable friend with whom he can share his thoughts. As the two spend time together, just like the waves hit the surface of the sea, an unexpected romance blossoms between them. What will happen when a huge wave comes? Will it wash their relationship away, or will their bond get stronger?
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Dominic Kebre
TMDB1 year ago
A beautiful piece of art from Cambodia
Although there have been some interesting Cambodian Boyslove productions, they have remained below the radar of international BL fans. The only series which is easily accessible and has gained some hundred thousand viewers on Youtube is ”And that's YOU” (2021). The beautiful series ”Blue Sky” disappeared from Youtube after a short time and is now only available on the Sastra Film App, which also offers a few more BL productions. So this review is a ”first” for me, because I've never reviewed a Cambodian BL series or movie before.
”Love of the Sea” isn't really a series, but rather a short film that was aired in two episodes, and it doesn't have the typical BL tropes, so I would rather call it gay themed. It's a beautiful piece of art which is dramatic to a heartbreaking degree, poetic in some scenes, but never cringy, and the setting couldn't be farther from the usual BL high school or college setting.
Samut (Rainnie Dara), whose childhood trauma is his witnessing the killing of his father, lives with his mother on the coast of the Gulf of Thailand in the Cambodian Kampot Province. He operates his late father's fishing boat, while his mother tries to make a living selling seafood at the market. They are barely able to make ends meet and pay off the debt of the boat.
Veayo (Ksartra Mey) has been Samut's friend since childhood, and the two young men, who appear to be in their early 20s in this movie, spend a lot of time together, enjoying a trip to the mountains, and dreaming of their future lives. They have a beautiful conversation on the beach, comparing in poetic words themselves to the wind and the sea.
Samut gives Veayo a conch which obviously means a lot to him as he has taken care of it since his childhood days. Samut and Veayo go on a fishing tour, and they share another beautiful experience on the boat at night when they again have a poetic conversation, this time comparing themselves with the stars. When...
