Bent

An intense movie loosely based around a gay man (played by Clive Owen in one of his first major roles) doing what he can to survive the Holocaust.  There have been several truly gripping films made based about the Holocaust, and if I were to recommend only one to someone it would probably not be this one.  However, that being said this movie takes a slightly different take on the horrendous event by following someone discriminated against not because of being Jewish, but because he is gay.  Now I am not one to comment or verify the truth in this statement, but according to this film it was worse to get a pink triangle than a yellow star. 


Clocking in just under two hours, this movie probably has only about ten pages of dialogue.  It relied primarily on visuals to tell the story and, like any with this subject matter, is heartbreaking.  No imagery was as powerful as the last scene...