"For me it is another perfect film in tha its characters and situations are more than merely familair to me, and they are the sort of characters and situations I never expected I would ever see in a movie, esepcially in relation to same-sex love and the impact of HIV. Chereau's combination of expressive acting, restless hand-held camera, musical score choices (everything from Mahler to Save the Last Dan" . . . . . . .