What is so interesting here is that Steven maintains that he is straight and the he and Julian actually only met several days before. When Julian goes home to prepare for the funeral, Steve surprisingly appears at his home with the excuse that Julian should not have to face the ordeal alone. Steven, our bachelor is looking for a wife and he is not really in the picture like the brothers but his role becomes very important later. Each brother is forced to look within himself and deal with his feelings, his anger and range and his prejudices.
Regardless of how they feel about each other, they are brothers and even when tempers flare up and emotions get very high, they know that this is the time to say goodbye to the woman who gave them life. It is so very difficult to prepare for the death of a parent and even though everything may well be worked out ahead of time, the actual death is not just heartbreaking but trying.
Since they do not get along, their “relationship” tests both of them. The brothers have been estranged but they are forced to come together with the death of their mother so that they can plan her funeral-a taxing situation, to say the least. Julian develops a crush on a bachelor (who he meets in a very clever way) while the other brother, because of his drug habit and his feelings about his gay brother, has lost touch with reality and has trouble controlling his life. Two brothers Julian (Carlos Sales), a waiter and gay, Michael (Jason Susag), an abusive drug addict fight to gain control of their lives which seem to be going in the wrong direction. With the theme of the universality of love, we are shown the four characters who must make decisions that will affect their lives. Steven (Harsha First)) is our guide here and he takes us by the hand early on and leads us into the film. His new film, “The Dark Side of Love” takes a look at identity and destiny as if affects four people whose lives come together as they search for who they are and where they are going.
His movies are always entertaining but they also have something extra that causes us to evaluate what we have seen. “THE DARK SIDE OF LOVE” Finding Destiny Amos Lassen Jorge Ameer is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated directors working in gay cinema and I suspect that the reason for that is that he makes us think. Both brothers will be tested as they deal with each others prejudice and rage. Julian, who’s been his mother’s caretaker for years, must now confront his brother Michael who’s been a drug addict and has now reached rock bottom. Two brothers on different life paths reunite to mourn the death of their mother.
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