Searching for your inner-sexual soul in The Big Apple.
A group of New Yorkers caught up in their romantic-sexual milieu converge at an underground salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.
Director: John Cameron Mitchell
Writer: John Cameron Mitchell
Stars: Sook-Yin Lee, Peter Stickles, PJ DeBoy
| Original title | Shortbus |
| Production country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Subtitle |    |
| Recommended age | 15 |
| Runtime | 101 min. |
| Color | Color |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.78 : 1 |
| IMDb link | tt0367027 |
Won: Audience Award
Nominated: Chlotrudis Award
Won: Producers Award
Won: Best Art Direction
Won: Best Screenplay
Nominated: Grand Prix Asturias
Nominated: GLAAD Media Award
Won: Glitter Award
Nominated: Gotham Independent Film Award
Won: ICS Award
Nominated: International Jury Award
Won: Golden Eye
The boldest provocation of Mitchell’s sweet, tender and gently funny film may be its exuberant celebration of community and togetherness at a cultural moment rife with fatalism and disconnect.
A darkly comic trifle that follows in the footsteps of such films as Catherine Breillat’s ”Romance” (2000), ”The Brown Bunny” (2003) and Michael Winterbottom’s ”9 Songs” (2004) by incorporating hard-core sex into a nonpornographic narrative.
Mitchell’s energy and occasional ingenuity make Shortbus an engaging viewing experience, provided you can stomach it.
Mitchell’s adventurous, big- hearted, pansexual mosaic of New Yorkers looking for love and orgasms (not necessarily in that order), is a rare example of a nonporn film that doesn’t exploit graphic sex as a gimmick.