Across four episodes, the film follows a teenage soldier, Bruno (Nicholas Vargas), who's skipped out on leave to find his prodigal brother. His search leads him to his brother's old workplace, an old girlfriend and a group of hedonistic teens who bring him out of his socially accepted cocoon.
The Nest's free-spirited beauty lies in the atmospheric fluidity of its point of view. Various individuals draw the narrative's focus without sacrificing the momentum of Bruno's search, which begins in the physical and eventually turns inward. What's more, those that draw the narrative's focus are not only beautifully realised but beautifully diverse, in age, in character and in motivation. What builds is a ethereal take on acceptance, queer history and aesthetic community.
The mood is fragile, the connection enigmatic, the desire to stay with this beautiful collective is burning. The ache may press on beyond these four episodes, and the richness of the content could certainly sustain more, but the ache is sublime and The Nest is a thing of beauty.
★★★★
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The Nest screened as part of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival 2017.
You can check out other films from the festival here.
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