I ka makahiki 2014, noho pū ʻo Blake Mawson, e like me ka hapanui o mākou, i ka wā i hala aku ai ʻo Uganda i ke kānāwai "Kill the Gays" kaulana loa i kēia manawa, a ua hoʻomaka ʻo Lūkia i kona kaua kūʻē i ke kaiāulu LGBT ma ke kūʻē ʻana i ke kānāwai e haʻi pū kekahi aia mākou i ka lehulehu. E like me ka hapanui o mākou, pīhoihoi ʻo ia i ka mea āna i ʻike ai a me nā mea pena kiʻi e hana ai, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana i kahi mea e hōʻike ana i kona pono no ke kaulike i loko o ka honua e like me ka hāʻawi ʻole.

"Loaʻa ka loaʻa ʻole o ka pane i ka pāpāho e pili ana i ka mālama ʻia ʻana o ka poʻe kāne," i wehewehe ʻia. "Ua hoʻolauleʻa ka honua i ka Olumepika ma Lūkia ʻoiai e hoʻomaka ana nā moʻolelo e pili ana i nā LGBT Lūkini e catfished a laila dehumanized ma nā wikiō i hoʻouka ʻia i ka pūnaewele. Ua nalowale kēia poʻe i ka hana a hōʻole ʻia e ko lākou ʻohana a ʻaʻohe manaʻo o ka pāpāho nui aku. "

Noho ʻo ia a hoʻomaka i ke kākau ʻana a lawa koke ka moʻolelo / script no "PYOTR495" i hoʻopau ʻia.

Hoʻokumu ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i kahi kanaka ʻōpio ʻo Pyotr ka mea i ʻae e hui pū me kahi kāne i hui ʻia ma ka polokalamu hookup Hele ʻo ia i ke aumoe e hālāwai me ke kāne i kona keʻena no kahi pō i manaʻo ʻia o ka moekolohe akā ʻike ʻo ia i kona hōʻea ʻana ua hele ʻo ia i kahi pahele weliweli.

Ua kipi aku ke kāne a me kona mau hoaaloha iā Pyotr i ka hale e hoʻohaʻahaʻa iā ia. Mālama lākou iā ia i lalo i kahi pahu ʻauʻau a kahi ʻā i nā ʻāpana o kona poʻo, a pena i nā ʻāpana i kahi ʻia i polū. Ninini lākou i ka mimi ma luna o kona alo, ke walaʻau nei lākou ke hana wale nei lākou i kēia e kōkua iā ia. Kāhea ʻo Pyotr no ke kōkua a noi iā lākou e haʻalele iā ia wale nō, akā ʻo kāna mau kāhea wale nō ka mea i lele wale i kāna mau mea hoʻomāinoino.

A laila haki ʻo Pyotr… a morphs i loko o kahi holoholona me ka ikaika hiki ʻole ke noʻonoʻo ʻia.

No Mawson, ma nā ʻano he nui i hoʻi ai i kāna aʻa weliweli. He mea aloha kona makuakāne i nā moʻo nunui Universal a hoʻomanaʻo ʻo ia i ka nānā ʻana i nā poʻo inoa e like me ʻO Man Wolf a ʻO Frankenstein a Ka ʻ Hunlelo o Notre Dame pinepine e like me ke kamaliʻi. ʻO ke kiʻi o kēlā poʻe ʻino e alualu nei i nā "monster" i paʻa mau me ia a ua ʻoi aku ka nui o kona manaʻo e puka ana ʻo ia.

"Ke alualu mau ʻia nei nā moʻo e nā kamaʻāina me nā pitchforks a me nā lamaku," hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Mawson. "Ma ke ʻano he kāne male e puka ana i ka honua, manaʻo ʻoe pēlā i kekahi manawa. No kahi kāne ʻōpio Lūkini ʻōpio i kahi wahi e hōʻole ana i kou ola a hana hewa iā ia i ka manawa like e like ia me ka hōʻino. "

Ua hoʻomau ʻo Mawson i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kēia manaʻo o nā kāne kāne i hoʻouna ʻia i gehena a hiki i ka hoʻokumu ʻana o kahi manaʻo hou. He aha inā e like me ka hele ʻana i loko o gehena? He aha inā e hele i loko o gehena i hoʻololi iā ʻoe, hāʻawi iā ʻoe i ka mana āu i loaʻa ʻole ma mua o ke kaʻina. Inā ʻoe e kāohi i kekahi mea e like me kāu moe kolohe i kou ola holoʻokoʻa, he aha ka mea e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēlā hoʻopiʻi?

ʻO kēia mau nīnau a pau a me kā lākou mau pane aʻe i hana ai i ka palapala a Mawson a ma ka papakaumaka.

Ua hana ʻo Mawson i kahi kiʻi ʻoniʻoni a pīhoihoi hoʻi. ʻO nā alanui i haʻalele ʻia a me nā hale o Berlin e hoʻohālike pono i kahi hiʻohiʻona o kahi ʻilihune o Moscow ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻohana ana i ka lumi o kahi hale pule kahiko ma Toronto e kūkulu i nā wahi o loko o ka lumi i hoʻomāinoino ʻia ʻo Pyotr.

ʻO ka hōkū o ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Alex Ozerov (ka mea āu e ʻike ai mai ka hana hou ʻana ma "The American" a me "Orphan Black") he ʻōiwi no Rūsia i haʻalele i ka makahiki 13 me kona mau mākua e neʻe i Toronto. Lawe ʻo Ozerov i ka nani a me ka noʻonoʻo i ka hana a Pyotr ma mua o kāna metamorphosis. Hoʻokomo ʻo ia i ka poʻe i loko a hoʻopiha iā mākou me ke aloha i ka wā i hoʻouka ʻia ai ʻo ia, a ua ʻike wau e aʻa ana wau nona i ka huli ʻana o nā pākaukau a kū mai ka holoholona ʻino i loko ona.

Ke hana nei ʻo "PYOTR495" i nā pōʻai ma ke kaapuni ʻaha a e hōʻike ʻia ma Nā Keikikāne ma ke Kiʻi 16: Loaʻa e hoʻokuʻu ʻia ana ma Iune 12, 2017. E hōʻike ʻia ana ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ma FilmOut San Diego LGBT Film Festival ma ka lā Xune 10, 2017.

Ua ʻōlelo ke alakaʻi ʻōpio ua hauʻoli nui ʻo ia i ka ʻike ʻana i nā festival LGBT kiʻi ʻoniʻoni hou aʻe e kālai ana i ka manawa no ka uku o nā ʻano keu.

"Aia kahi pilina lōʻihi ma waena o ka leʻaleʻa a me ka weliweli a me kēlā me kēia kānana aʻu i hele ai i nā ʻaha LGBT nāna i hana i kahi hōʻike hoʻoweliweli i pau i ke kūʻai ʻia, no laila kamaʻilio maoli ia i kekahi mea."

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