Review of Love Forbidden (2002) by Ceph J — 01 May 2011

"Love Forbidden" is obsessed love but it's not "Fatal Attraction" thriller, more like "Death In Venice" slow drama. Rodolphe Marconi is a French visiting student in Rome. I liked the scenes of Rome and director Marconi uses the ancient statues, dark photography, and exotic locations to create dread. We wait for the outcome but not much happens which might infuriate some viewers. The movie is best enjoyed as a poem on unrequited love.

Marconi is a photogenic actor who, an audience can relate to. However, you have to wonder why he doesn't try to get other gay lovers and why the less appealing Matteo (played by bland Andrea Necci) is so irresistible. Echo Danon is engaging as the American girl but she is so weird that one might think she wandered from a zombie movie. I may be rating this one too high but blame it on my interest in the movie's themes.