In an odd coincidence that shows how much this kind of story was probably burning to be told, two movies debuting at major festivals this past year have both depicted the same unlikely gay romance — one involving gritty, hardworking professional truckers living on the road.
The first was director David Pablos’ powerful and punishing Mexican thriller On the Road, which premiered in Venice and walked away with the Orizzonti prize. Violent, stylized and sexually explicit, it managed to spin a surprisingly moving love story out of plenty of bullets and bodily fluids, leaving the viewer shaken by the time the gas finally ran out.
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Brokeback Turnpike.
