{"id":20198,"date":"2019-04-10T07:56:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T06:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/?p=20198"},"modified":"2025-12-04T22:36:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:36:53","slug":"boy-erased-and-sexual-reorientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leregardlibre.com\/en\/cinema\/films\/boy-erased-et-la-reorientation-sexuelle\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abBoy Erased\u00bb and sexual reorientation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cinema Wednesdays - Loris S. Musumeci<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00abThe devil will tempt you continually.\u00bb <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Jared Eamons is wise and devout. A true American boy who works hard at school, obeys his parents with whom he talks a lot, helps out at his dad's Ford garage, and never misses a Sunday at church. The father's a pastor, so it's normal. Jared has friends who are good guys, and he even has a girlfriend. When he leaves home to study at university, he discovers - or admits to - a penchant for boys; increasingly imposing. Circumstances dictate that his parents are notified by the university. Unacceptable. The young man has to be corrected, put back on the right track. Fortunately, the Love in Action Institute specializes in sexual reorientation. Even if it means using somewhat dubious methods. Jared's story is a true one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

True story, story of suffering, story of intolerance and discrimination, so touching? Not really. Indeed, anyone who hears that a young person is harassed because he's gay can't remain indifferent. Yes, your heart aches for him, you tell yourself that he must be going through an ordeal in his puritanical family, and that it's all unfair. But that's not enough to make a film, or at least a good one. Apart from the film's poster, which is very well done, there's nothing in the photography that catches the eye. Not even the light through the church windows, or the camera movements, or the rhythm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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