Bent Page #3

Synopsis: Max is gay and as such is sent to Dachau concentration camp under the Nazi regime. He tries to deny he is gay, and gets a yellow label (the one for Jews) instead of pink (the one for gays). In camp, he falls in love with fellow prisoner Horst, who wears his pink label with pride.
Director(s): Sean Mathias
Production: MGM Pictures
  3 wins & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
NC-17
Year:
1997
105 min
1,726 Views


No.

Liar.

Of course l'm a liar.

Your body's nice, too.

lt's okay, not great.

No, it's nice.

Not as nice as yours.

No...

but it's okay.

-How do you know?

-l've been looking, too.

-When?

-All day.

-Yes?

-Yeah.

Listen. Do you...

What?

...miss....

What?

You know.

No, l don't.

Everyone misses it.

-No.

-Everyone in the camp.

No.

Come on, no one can hear us.

You're not a yellow star with me, remember?

l don't want....

What?

To miss it.

But do you?

Yes.

Me, too.

We don't have to.

What?

Miss it.

We're here together.

We don't have to miss it.

We can't look at each other, we can't touch.

We can feel.

-Feel what?

-Each other.

l can feel you right now...

next to me.

-Can you feel me?

-No.

Come on, don't be afraid.

No one can hear us.

Can you feel me?

Maybe.

Feel me.

lt's so hot.

l'm touching you.

lt's burning.

l'm kissing you.

Burning.

Kissing your eyes.

-Hot.

-Kissing your lips.

-Yes.

-Mouth.

-Yes.

-lnside your mouth.

-Neck.

-Yes.

-Down.

-Yes.

Chest to my tongue.

Burning.

-Your chest.

-Your mouth.

-l'm kissing your chest.

-Yes.

-Hard.

-Yes.

-Down.

-Yes.

-Your cock.

-Yes.

-Do you feel my mouth?

-Yes. Do you feel my cock?

-Do you feel?

-Do you feel?

-Mouth.

-Cock.

-Do you feel my cock?

-Do you feel my mouth?

Yes.

Do you....

Do you know what l'm doing?

Yes.

-Can you taste what l'm doing?

-Yes.

Taste.

-Yes, feel.

-Together.

-Do you feel me?

-l feel you.

-l see you.

-l feel you.

-l have you.

-l want you.

Do you feel me, inside you?

l want you inside me.

Feel.

l have you inside me.

-lnside you.

-Strong.

Do you feel me thrust?

-Hold.

-Stroke.

Strong.

Strong.

l'm going to....

Do you feel l'm going to?

-l feel us both.

-Do you?

Yes.

Yes, strong.

More.

Now, more.

Oh, my God!

Did you?

Yes, you?

Yes.

You're a good f***.

So are you.

Max?

What?

We did it.

F***ing guards, f***ing camp, we did it.

They're not going to kill us.

We made love.

We were real, we were human.

We made love.

They're not going to kill us.

l never...

thought we'd...

do it without touching.

l dream about rocks.

l close my eyes and l'm moving rocks.

Rocks...

never end.

-l'm going insane.

-Think of something else.

l've been up all night.

Someone in our barracks killed himself.

They hate that.

lt's an act of free will.

Heard a rumor.

-Sardines?

-Yes.

l hate sardines. l hate all food.

Scraps, sardine scraps...

that's all we get, anyhow.

Not worth eating.

Didn't know you could have sardine scraps.

-l'm going insane.

-All right, it's my fault.

This job's the worst.

l got it wrong, l'm sorry.

l'm glad to be here.

How can you be?

That's my secret.

Maybe if l closed my eyes....

Heard a rumor.

What?

We may get potatoes.

-When?

-Tomorrow.

-l don't believe it.

-They said so in my barracks.

-Who is ''they''?

-Some blokes.

-Are they sexy?

-Shut up.

-You should be with us, where you belong.

-No, but you shouldn't be here.

l want to be here.

Why?

Because l love rocks...

because l love you.

l do.

l love you.

lsn't that silly?

What are you doing?

Arranging these neatly.

We've become sloppy.

They can beat you for it.

Don't love me.

lt's my secret.

Don't love me.

lt makes me happy.

And l have a signal.

When l rub my left eyebrow at you,

like this...

it means l love you.

l bet you didn't know that.

Don't love me.

l can't help it.

-l don't want anybody to love me.

-Too bad.

-l can't love anybody back.

-Who's asking you to?

Queers aren't meant to love.

They don't want us to.

You know who loved me?

Do you know who loved me?

That boy.

That dancer.

l don't remember his name, but l killed him.

See?

Queers aren't meant to love.

l'll kill you, too.

Hate me.

That's better.

Hate me...

don't love me.

l'll do what l want to do.

lt isn't any of your business, anyhow.

l don't believe we're doing this.

Rocks make sense, but not snow.

My hands are....

lt makes a change.

You have a barracks leader.

-He can get you medicine.

-lt doesn't matter.

-lf you're nice to the Capo.

-lt doesn't matter.

-You're losing weight.

-l don't like sardines.

-lt's getting worse.

-And it's getting colder.

-You need medicine.

-Stop nagging me.

l thought you loved yourself.

lt's too cold.

l'm scared.

Who isn't?

l want you to care.

l would, if l was warm.

l'll warm you.

You can't.

l'm next to you.

Don't start.

l'll make love to you.

-Not now.

-Yes, now.

-l have a headache. l can't.

-Don't joke.

l'll make love to you.

No.

l'll make you warm.

You can't.

You'll feel warm.

-l can't.

-You'll feel it.

ln my fingers.

All over.

l can't.

l'm kissing your fingers.

They're numb.

My mouth is on fire.

-My fingers....

-Are getting warm.

Are they?

They're getting warm.

Yes.

My mouth is on fire.

-Yes.

-Your fingers are on fire...

your body's on fire.

Yes.

My mouth is all over you.

My mouth is on your chest,

kissing your chest...

biting your nipple.

-Biting into it.

-Yes.

Harder.

Stop it! That hurts.

-Harder.

-Stop it! l'm serious. You're hurting me.

You pulled away.

l did.

lt was exciting.

For you, maybe.

l don't try to hurt you.

l like being hurt, it's exciting.

lt's not.

Not when you're rough.

l'm not being rough.

Why did you have to spoil it?

You were making me warm.

Why can't you be gentle?

-l am.

-You're not.

You tried to hurt me.

You make me warm and then you hurt me.

l hurt enough.

l don't want to feel more pain.

Why can't you be gentle?

-l am.

-No, you're like them.

You're like the guards.

You're like the Gestapo.

We stopped being gentle.

l watched it...

when we were on the outside.

People made pain and called it love.

l don't want to be like that.

l can't do anything right.

l don't understand you.

l used to do things right.

You still can.

l want to make you happy.

Then be gentle with me.

l don't know how.

-Just hold me.

-l'm afraid to hold you.

-Don't be.

-l'm afraid.

-l'm going to drown.

-Hold me, please.

Hold me.

Okay.

l'm holding you.

-Are you?

-You're here in my arms, l promise.

l promise, l'm holding you. You're here.

Touch me.

-Are you?

-Yes.

Touching.

Gently.

Touching...

softly.

Warm me.

Softly.

Warm me, gently.

Softly.

l'm touching you softly.

Gently.

You're safe.

l'll keep you safe and warm.

You're with me now.

You'll never be cold again.

l'm holding you now...

safe...

and warm.

As long as you're here...

as long as you're with me...

as long as l'm holding you...

you're safe.

-lt sounds better.

-lt does?

-Loosening up.

-lt is?

-Medicine's helping?

-Yes.

How did you get it?

l told you...

l spoke to my barracks leader.

He took me to an officer.

Which one?

Some captain, the new one.

Why don't you tell me?

-You're never going to let up, are you?

-Probably not.

-Suppose you don't like the answer?

-l'll chance it.

l went down on him.

-What?

-You heard.

-l didn't.

-You wanted to know.

l told you you wouldn't like it.

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Martin Sherman

For the actor also credited as Martin T. Sherman, see Martin Sherman (actor)Martin Gerald Sherman (born December 22, 1938) is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 60 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his play Bent, which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust. Bent was a Tony nominee for Best Play in 1980 and won the Dramatists Guild's Hull-Warriner Award. It was adapted by Sherman for a major motion picture in 1997 and later by independent sources as a ballet in Brazil. Sherman is an openly gay Jew, and many of his works dramatize "outsiders," dealing with the discrimination and marginalization of minorities whether "gay, female, foreign, disabled, different in religion, class or color." He has lived and worked in London since 1980. more…

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