Lingering glances evolve into clandestine meetups and furtive, dangerous romantic evenings that could land both in terrible trouble. Sparks fly from the start when Sergey and Roman meet at an air force base in ‘70s Soviet-occupied Estonia. Further complicating matters is Roman has a girlfriend (Diana Pozharskaya, strong in a critical role). What they and co-star Oleg Zagorodnii pull off convincingly is capturing the ache and desire of forbidden love between two men - young, idealistic Sergey (a soulful Prior) who’s an air force conscript with theatrical aspirations, and the daring, matinee-idol-handsome fighter pilot Roman (Ukranian actor Zagorodnii, who has been joining Prior and Reebane virtually from Kyiv on the press tour). But without any of those circumstances, “Firebird” remains an exceptionally made, stirring tearjerker.ĭirector Peeter Rebane and actor Tom Prior take great care in adapting Sergey Fetisov’s heartbreaking memoir “The Story of Roman” for the screen.
So is Russia’s long anti-LGBTQ stance and moves to suppress the film (the Guardian dubbed “Firebird” “the film Putin doesn’t want the world to see”), since it centers on the fact-based story of two male Soviet air force members falling in love and risking everything. Both the Russia-Ukraine war and growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment in the U.S. “Firebird”: Ever since this classy Cold War-era romance screened last June as part of San Francisco’s Frameline LGBTQ+ film festival, it has stuck with me and become more relevant and significant. Should you prefer a cuckoo horror movie, we’ve got a good one for you too. A top-notch historical romance and an intelligent thriller that marks a return to form for Liam Neeson hit theaters this week.
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