Give Me Your Hand

Very believable storyline
Being a twin brother myself, I could identify with the main characters. This handsome set of young men are so convincing that they could be twin brothers in real life. Their on-off relationship is very convincing. They are so physically close, leaning on each other when seated, and spooning when sleeping with each other nightly. The photography from French countryside to the Spanish Pyrenees is amazing and very artfully done, as to provide a naturally beautiful canvas for these twin brothers. There are several homoerotic scenes that are very well done and inoffensive. But, the resulting excitement is very tangible; and, can be rated R, but not X rated. Add this to your collection and you’ll enjoy viewing it again and again. Buy this!

Twins who maybe wish they weren’t
**** Spoiler Alert ****I watched the film Give Me Your Hand on DVD last night and find that I more in agreement with Lassen, but not really. It is really not a “gay film,” but one that gays might find appealing.Antoine (with the slice in his eyebrow) is obviously the brother not unwilling to fight, and Quentin is the artist and insecure, sensitive one. Quentin attracts a girl to join them, but Antoine is the one that has relations with her, and it clearly upsets Quentin. As Antoine washes his privates in a stream afterwards Quentin watches and seethes. (I saw nothing homoerotic in this. Clearly both have seen each other naked all their lives.) Likewise Antoine refuses to share the last of the girl’s cakes. He is the bully of the two. When they both get lucky with a pair of girls in an old Citroen Deux Chevaux it is Antoine who has sex in the car while Quentin only makes out with his girl, in a tree.In the “homosexual” encounter with Hakim we never actually see the men kiss. They cavort naked in a stream and lie down together on the bank of the river. It is not clear that sex actually occurs, either. Hakim could be kissing Quentin’s back as he hangs from a tree limb. In any case, it is clear after Antoine, in anger over Hakim, puts Quentin in harm’s way, and is separated from him, that he is literally sickened by what he has done. He carries his brothers backpack, and calls out his name from a mountaintop. He even finds no pleasure with a woman whom he probably would have seduced, had the brothers still been together.His relief in seeing his brother at the funeral is palpable. And Quentin’s fear in the final frames when he thinks Antoine is lost, is just as powerful. There is clearly love between them. And a desire to separate, but a need to be together. Many twins experience this, even developing a twin’s language. To me there was plenty of emotion for two young men. Watch the eyes. Not a perfect film, but hardly boring. By the way, the blond Spanish man who gives Antoine a ride is the guy who played Dani in the film Nico and Dani years ago, a similar tale of two friends who engage in sex play together as boys but grow apart when one realizes that the other actually has a crush on him. Not unlike what Antoine might feel, knowing his brother’s apparent nature.

hated this film
hated this film. these two guys care nothing for each other, even after everything they go through. And they’re twins !!! Also it shouldn’t be listed with LGBT films except for one brief encounter with one of the brothers.

Twins leave their French city for Spain to attend mother’s funeral. Personal conflicts arise when one twin finds the other in a gay act. Somewhat boring and long with repetitious walking scenes.