Barely. Less violent than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Water easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Water end with hope?

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Water

Name: Water
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 2012
Duration: 14 min
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Tobias Kersloot, Barbara Labrie, Serge Mensink

Directed by Marco van Bergen

Produced by Chimney Film, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht

201214 min5.4 / 10

A tender coming-of-age story about a sheltered boy's first encounter with desire and connection, set in the confined intimacy of a locked room.

James leads a lonely life in a luxurious castle in which his parents run a hotel. He never goes out with friends, spends his spare time in his room and peeks at the hotel's guests out of boredom and curiosity. Chased by his controlling mother, who only wants him to finish his homework, James is more interested in the group of handsome Swedish soccer players staying at the hotel. When he finds one of the boys injured at the hotel's swimming pool, James offers his help and smuggles the boy into his room and locks the door. Locked up with a strange boy in his own room, James experiences the complexity of his own sexual feelings for the first time.

Clusters

Love Triangles and Complicated Choices LGBTQ Movies

Genres

Romance Drama

Keywords

Lgbt Lgbt Teen Gay Theme Short Film

Questions people ask

Is Water violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.
Is Water easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.
Is Water sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.
Does Water end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Water scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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