The Man With The Answers
Ex-championship diver Victoras whiles away his days on the Greek coast, toiling away at a factory with only his dreams, medals and grandmother for company. When a phone call summons him to Germany, a simple road trip is the answer - that is until he crosses paths with the handsome Mathias - a free-spirited hitchhiker who tempts Victoras to take the road not taken.
The Man with the Answers
This is a small and intimate (and sexy) film with strong central performances. Not overly original but it fits snugly into its genre niche of travel-and-talk-romance, and it's good to have one in that niche for the gays too.
That's it, cute and unpretentious, this movie starts slow and is far from perfect when it comes to technical aspects and even writing. But at the same time, the strong final act, the down to earth atmosphere, the honest acting, the amazing soundtrack, and the jaw-dropping setting makes this much more memorable than one could imagine. Not that the story per se isn't good, it is! Very simple, but effective as well. It's that kind of movie that you want to put in your pocket to have with you all the time and that makes you yearn for a similar adventure.
oh to be travelling across Europe with stunning sceneries as backdrops, meeting handsome European boys, swimming in unknown roadside lakes, and spend a night together in a random motel where we kiss and make love in the middle of the night
"The idea shows people how easy it is for the wrong person to answer a question online. It's funny, but it should be troubling to any CMO who has customers with questions," added TBWA\Chiat\Day Chief Creative Officer Chris Beresford-Hill. "Yext has an important and valuable proposition, one which we were proud to help bring to life, and glad to see rewarded."
These biblical passages help us to appreciate God's plan for marriage. It is an intimate union in which the spouses give themselves, as equal persons, completely and lovingly to one another. By their mutual gift of self, they cooperate with God in bringing children to life and in caring for them.
Across times, cultures, and very different religious beliefs, marriage is the foundation of the family. The family, in turn, is the basic unit of society. Thus, marriage is a personal relationship with public significance. Marriage is the fundamental pattern for male-female relationships. It contributes to society because it models the way in which women and men live interdependently and commit, for the whole of life, to seek the good of each other.
Excerpts from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, copyright 2000, Libreria Editrice Vaticana-United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Inc., Washington, D.C., are used with permission. All rights reserved.
It was a face which no man can say he does not know. You mightask how it was possible to look upon it without idolatry, not to mistake itfor that of which it was a likeness. For the resemblance was, in its own fashion,infinite, so that almost you could wonder at finding no sorrows on his browand no wounds in his hands and feet. Yet there was no danger of mistaking,not one moment of confusion, no least sally of the will towards forbiddenreverence. Where likeness was greatest, mistake was least possible. Perhapsthis is always so. A clever waxwork can be made so like a man that for a momentit deceives us; the great portrait which is far more deeply like him doesnot. Plaster images of the Holy One may before now have drawn to themselvesthe adoration they were meant to arouse for the reality. But here, where hisliving image, like him within and without, made by his own bare hands outof the depth of divine artistry, his masterpiece of self portraiture comingforth from his workshop to delight all worlds, walked and spoke, it couldnever be taken for more than an image. Nay, the very beauty of it lay in thecertainty that it was a copy, like and not the same, a rhyme, an exquisitereverberation of untreated music prolonged in a created medium.
We can think of manas placed halfway between God and the animals, possessing characteristics ofeach. Physiologically and anatomically man is an animal. He even shares thegenetic code with them. Evolutionists call him a human primate. Much of hisbehavior is controlled by Pavlovian conditioned reflexes.
The main impact ofthe image is that God endues man with some of his divine attributes, therebyseparating and making him different from the beasts. What are these specialGodlike qualities which man is permitted to share? I shall mention six: language,creativity, love, holiness, immortality and freedom. You will probably be ableto add to this list. All can be summed up by saying that man, like God, hasan intelligence, a mind.
Because I am a pediatricianand constantly see mentally retarded children and their parents, I must contributean addendum. From time to time I visit a home for such children. IndoorsI see little motionless bodies lying in cots or on beanbags. Outside, inthe garden, those with slightly higher intelligence wander around in the sunshinestirring the earth or flicking leaves. Most cannot talk. They have no creativityor desire for immortality. They lack the very essential: minds.
Following his grandmother's death, Victor decides to leave his village for Germany in her battered old car, in search of his mother whom he has not been in touch with for years. On his way, he decides to help out Mattias the hitchhiker, and so it is that the two men embark on a journey through the Italian countryside. Despite their contrasting personalities, an intense connection sparks between them.
Rinehart is a man the narrator learns about through encounters with various people who mistake the narrator for him. To each of these people, Rinehart appears to be a different person. Some know him as a pimp, whereas others know him as a gambling bookie, and yet others know him as their preacher. Because the men never meet, the narrator is not sure whether Rinehart really exists. Even so, the name comes to symbolize a freedom of identity for which the narrator longs, and which he attempts to achieve by donning a disguise comprised of sunglasses and a hat.
Employees told officers Menocal admitted to killing his coworker and said they saw him with a sledgehammer after their morning meeting. Deputies found Menocal in Deerfield Beach shortly after and the sledgehammer still in the building.
A great little road trip film, good script and good casting. Beautiful locations and it's funny too. This deserves a sequel or two or three or... Where are the streaming services like Netflix, Amazon, Apple or others, this is one type of film they should be supporting.It's in four languages (Greek, Italian, German and English), most of it is in English, but subtitles weren't that great. Gay films need to get rid of their obsession with "Coming Out" and "AIDS" stories and replace them with great films like this one. It shows the age of those making those types of films., stop making films celebrating victimhood and start making films celebrating life.Kudos to the writers and producers of this film and the actors, I hope we see more of Mathias and Victoras.
Police said Wyoming officers were called to an address on Durrell Avenue for a burglary. In reality, it was Joe Frasure Jr. and his father, Joe Frasure Sr., along with some other family members cleaning in the apartment of a family member who had recently passed away.
The family of Terrance Maurice Sligh, the man who was killed in last week's officer-involved shooting at 4307 Edwards Rd in Taylors, held a press conference Monday, demanding more answers and evidence, including body and dash camera footage from the Greenville County Sheriff's Office.
The event was organized by Sligh's family in conjunction with Bruce Wilson of the Fighting Injustice Together initiative and held at the Jud Hub Social Innovation Center on Easley Bridge Rd in Greenville.
"Standard with all of our officer-involved shootings, the investigation is being investigated by a separate agency, in SLED," said Lt. Ryan Flood of the Sheriff's Office. "With that, we will be providing more information, including all relevant video and audio through our Critical Incident Community Briefing Video, which will release on Nov. 12 at 8:00 am on our YouTube channel."
"I just want to know how a phone call works, because how do you go from following somebody to give them a warrant for their arrest, to following them down the street and killing them?" Tamya Sligh said. "The officer could've stopped my dad, he could've gave him whatever they had to [give] him, but they went with the intent to hurt him."
"We are sending our deepest sympathies and most heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Mr. Isorena, who was fatally injured in an incident involving a SamTrans bus on October 31. We have reached out to the family to see how we can assist them during this very difficult time. The safety of our community members, passengers and employees is always our top priority, so anytime an incident of this nature occurs, we are deeply concerned. We are currently working with all respective law enforcement and safety agencies regarding the incident, and in light of these pending investigations, we cannot provide any additional details."
Did the first man have black hair, brown skin, and brown eyes? Was he six feet eleven inches tall? These are questions we cannot answer sure, because we were not there to see Adam. However, from reading Genesis, and armed with basic scientific knowledge, we can learn a lot about what Adam was probably like.
E A thirst for exploration provided Homo sapiens with another significant advantage over Neanderthals. Objects such as shell beads and flint tools, discovered many miles from their source, show that our ancestors travelled over large distances, in order to barter and exchange useful materials, and share ideas and knowledge. By contrast. Neanderthals tended to keep themselves to themselves, living in small groups. They misdirected their energies by only gathering resources from their immediate surroundings and perhaps failing to discover new technologies outside their territory. 041b061a72