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title: "Mario"
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# Mario

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## Description

When Leon joins Mario's football club, an immediate tension brews between them; both players are talented, driven and prepared to fight for their spot on the first team. When the pair are moved into a flat with one another, the competitive tension turns sexual. As their relationship intensifies, the pair become inseparable, yet Mario is desperate to hide their love from his teammates. As rumours of their relationship begin to circulate, the boys are forced to make a choice; their careers, or each other.

Review: Highly recommend - I held off buying this movie because I knew from the reviews that I would not like the ending - and I didn't. However, this movie is excellent - the production quality, the superb acting, and, yes, even the well-written story. This movie leaves you feeling deeply and sorrowfully for Mario and Leon who go through so much anguish and rightfully should be together. While I did not like the ending, it fits the story. I do not see this story as simply a matter of Mario and Leon making different choices (love vs. career). I was left wondering and second-guessing. Given that Mario and Leon seem to be deeply in love with each other, why didn't they spend more time trying to work out a solution that would have allowed them to stay together? Why did Leon lose his temper in the locker room knowing how Mario would be forced to react caught off guard and on the spur of the moment? Why did Leon leave Mario so abruptly without talking to him? Why didn't Leon answer Mario's phone calls? Why does Mario feel that he needs to apologize to Leon when Leon has just as much to apologize for? Why does Leon move on so quickly to a new boyfriend? But then, I did not write this story. Maybe Leon just doesn't see a way to make the relationship work and has decided to "cut his losses". Seeing that Leon is on at least his third boyfriend, maybe he just leaves when things get tough. Leon is Mario's first love and maybe Mario is just having a more difficult time figuring out what to do. Whatever. I still highly recommend buying and viewing this movie.
Review: The ending is hard to take but is the point of the film. - How many out gay professional athletes can you name? The few that existed quit playing after a few years. Pressure from teammates, the fans, the sponsors. It becomes too much. Looking at the movie through this lens there is almost no other way it could have turned out. The movie spends the first 45 minutes showing the developing deep love between the two, how they push each other, challenge and inspire each other to be better. While Mario is new to this it is refreshing that unlike most cliche films he accepts his sexuality and his love for Leon. The two actors have incredible chemistry and Max Hubacher's performance is Oscar worthy. What most other reviewers are missing is that Leon makes a huge sacrifice, and the sacrifice isn't Mario. He explains that he too had the same dreams of athletic stardom and fan adulation, but he could not live his dream if it meant being dishonest about who he was. At the end Leon has moved on, but even if he had been alone he would not have gone back to Mario under the circumstances. Conversely, if Mario were willing to risk everything to live his truth nothing would have kept Leon away from him, even his new boyfriend. So the film is not really about sad gay endings, but the fact that even in this day and age, in this context, gay men must make unfair choices (if it were a male and female soccer player they'd be a celebrity power couple). The ending is tragic and upset me for days, but it made its point. Brilliant movie.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN  | B07B5W1T3S |
| Aspect Ratio  | 1.78:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #256,372 in Movies & TV ( See Top 100 in Movies & TV ) #193,661 in DVD |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (857) |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer  | No |
| Language  | German (Dolby Digital 5.1) |
| Media Format  | PAL |
| Number of discs  | 1 |
| Product Dimensions  | 7.48 x 5.51 x 0.39 inches; 3.53 ounces |
| Release date  | September 10, 2018 |
| Run time  | 1 hour and 59 minutes |
| Studio  | Saffron Hill |
| Subtitles:  | English |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Highly recommend
*by R***N on January 24, 2019*

I held off buying this movie because I knew from the reviews that I would not like the ending - and I didn't. However, this movie is excellent - the production quality, the superb acting, and, yes, even the well-written story. This movie leaves you feeling deeply and sorrowfully for Mario and Leon who go through so much anguish and rightfully should be together. While I did not like the ending, it fits the story. I do not see this story as simply a matter of Mario and Leon making different choices (love vs. career). I was left wondering and second-guessing. Given that Mario and Leon seem to be deeply in love with each other, why didn't they spend more time trying to work out a solution that would have allowed them to stay together? Why did Leon lose his temper in the locker room knowing how Mario would be forced to react caught off guard and on the spur of the moment? Why did Leon leave Mario so abruptly without talking to him? Why didn't Leon answer Mario's phone calls? Why does Mario feel that he needs to apologize to Leon when Leon has just as much to apologize for? Why does Leon move on so quickly to a new boyfriend? But then, I did not write this story. Maybe Leon just doesn't see a way to make the relationship work and has decided to "cut his losses". Seeing that Leon is on at least his third boyfriend, maybe he just leaves when things get tough. Leon is Mario's first love and maybe Mario is just having a more difficult time figuring out what to do. Whatever. I still highly recommend buying and viewing this movie.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The ending is hard to take but is the point of the film.
*by J***H on May 19, 2020*

How many out gay professional athletes can you name? The few that existed quit playing after a few years. Pressure from teammates, the fans, the sponsors. It becomes too much. Looking at the movie through this lens there is almost no other way it could have turned out. The movie spends the first 45 minutes showing the developing deep love between the two, how they push each other, challenge and inspire each other to be better. While Mario is new to this it is refreshing that unlike most cliche films he accepts his sexuality and his love for Leon. The two actors have incredible chemistry and Max Hubacher's performance is Oscar worthy. What most other reviewers are missing is that Leon makes a huge sacrifice, and the sacrifice isn't Mario. He explains that he too had the same dreams of athletic stardom and fan adulation, but he could not live his dream if it meant being dishonest about who he was. At the end Leon has moved on, but even if he had been alone he would not have gone back to Mario under the circumstances. Conversely, if Mario were willing to risk everything to live his truth nothing would have kept Leon away from him, even his new boyfriend. So the film is not really about sad gay endings, but the fact that even in this day and age, in this context, gay men must make unfair choices (if it were a male and female soccer player they'd be a celebrity power couple). The ending is tragic and upset me for days, but it made its point. Brilliant movie.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Well worth your time....
*by W***L on November 24, 2021*

I'm not a spectator sports fan (too many d*** people), so I usually don't even take the time to preview such a film - but I'm so glad I did. Excellent acting, cinematography, plot, setting, dialogue, etc., it's all there. A bittersweet movie... Matthew 26:73–75: (After a little while, those standing there went up to Peter and said, "Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away." Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the word Jesus had spoken: "Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.) Trust me, worth watching………….......

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