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# FILM REVIEW: Are We Lost Forever ?
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/film-review-are-we-lost-forever/
- Published: 2021-01-20T15:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-01-19T20:26:28.000Z
- Description: Breaking up is always hard to do – as Brian Butler finds in this queer romance
- Author: Brian Butler
- Tags: Arts, Reviews, Peccadillo Pictures

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Personal declaration up front : in my relationships , including marriage, I’ve always been left – never been the leaver.

So I probably come at this smooth, attractive Scandinavian film by **David Fardmar** with a bit of one-sidedness. These are ‘Bel Ami’ looking young guys – one a songwriter, the other a photographer who have fallen out of love .

**Jonathan Andersson** as Hampus the singer/songwriter is the one who bites what seems to him an inevitable bullet and announces he’s moving out, ending his 3-year relationship with **Bjorn Elgerd’s** Adrian. It’s a slow opening with some self-analysis but mostly angst-ridden silences and awkward moments. It’s clear that Adrian is a dom top who is a control freak in and out of bed.

Distributed by **Peccadillo Pictures**, over 100 minutes the film charts what happens next – which is mostly that Adrian wants to get back together but Hampus seems to have moved on more effortlessly, though he has occasional physical and emotional relapses.

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Both actors bring high levels of realism to their characters and there are times when I wanted to just bang their heads together and tell them to get on with separating or reuniting. It’s a bit like my annoyance with Hamlet and Othello but not quite so arty.

Fardmar digs under the surface and shows us ourselves – sometimes creating scenes that are difficult to watch. There’s ladlefuls of Scandinavian moodiness and a light-hearted scene in a gay bar where Adrian’s straight friend tries to match him to other customers.

We seem to have turned a corner when Adrian partners up with the delightfully playful Rasmus , a choreographer ( Micki Stoltt ) after Hampus meets restaurateur Julian (Nemanja Stojanovic ).

But old flames burn on and the poignant and enigmatic end (no spoilers) befits the on-off relationship of the two principals .

Are We Lost Forever is available from **18 January.** The dvd and Blu-ray versions contain 4 short Fardmar films and interviews with cast and crew .

More details at[ **peccapics.com**](https://www.peccapics.com/product/arewelostforever/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

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