Neighbor, The

[Opened June 2 in theaters and available June 6 on DVD and various digital platforms.] After an Italian homosexual (Jacopo Costantini) ends up in a coma after being severely beaten by homophobic bullies (Leandro Conte, Francesco Lovine, Luca Machitella, and Vadim Ritter) in Pasquale Marrazzo's gripping, realistic, well-acted, risqué, heartbreaking, touching, 96-minute film, his heartbroken and devastated partner (Michele Costabile) struggles with his emotions as he pleads with his lover's sister (Luisa Vernelli) to tell him what hospital he is in when the religious, homophobic parents (Lucia Vasini and Antonio Rosti) refuse to let him see their son.
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