I had a challenging time watching this film. The first episode was only partially captioned in English and none of the last episode was caption in the HD version. In the end, to get the full effect of the ending, I tiled windows and viewed the HD version with the captioning--in a second window--below. Still, although challenging, I did get the full effect of the ending--the full effect of the entire film--and am grateful that I was able to view it at all.

I'm surprised by my persistence, in fact. I didn't think the story would work at first. That wasn't enough for me to abandon it, though. I like to give a film a chance to pull me in, to take me wherever it wants me to go--each character's personality and past experiences, directorial decisions, dialog, and ultimately characters' feelings for each other--and this film pulled me in. So I persisted to watch it, all in one sitting, with some technology challenges, but fully absorbed by the characters and their experiences.

Four scenes stand out to me: first the party scene, where the boys get very playful and take risks, drunken, they wouldn't ordinarily take sober; second the preening scene with August in his wig and dress, calling himself Som, and preening Bright tenderly, getting him ready for his upcoming date with Som; Pond's risky confession to New in the cafe; and the tender scene between a heartbroken August and a love-torn Bright.

Allow the characters and their unexpected relationships pull you in, and let the relationship between Pond and New frame your overall viewing experience.