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  • Опубликовано: 11 дек 2024
  • Watch Charlie, 5 years on: • KIM HO, I DO
    For more info, go to: thelanguageoflo...
    'This is amazing.' Ellen DeGeneres. 'Amazing!' (Stephen Fry). This short 'will melt your heart' (The Advocate). 'Must watch' (Dannii Minogue) For more info, go to: thelanguageoflo... Winner of the Audience Award at My Queer Career, Sydney Mardi Gras, 2014.
    'If you watch one thing today, let it be this beautiful, teen-written short film.' (Huffington Post).
    Growing up, coming out and learning to speak THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE. Watch the making of the film here: • Making THE LANGUAGE OF...
    In the middle of a French exam, 17 year old Charlie struggles to find the words to be true to his best friend...and himself.
    A wry, delicate take on first love and awakening sexuality from a young man's perspective, THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE is written and performed by Kim Ho, under the mentorship of leading Australian playwright Tommy Murphy, and directed by Laura Scrivano, for The Voices Project from the Australian Theatre for Young People (atyp).
    If you are an actor or drama student and would like to perform the piece for an exam or audition, you can find the script and an article by Kim about the making of the piece at: thelanguageoflo... We are happy to let you use the piece but it would be good to know about it so let us know through the contact details on the Fresh Ink site. If you contact us via RUclips make sure your settings allow us to respond.
    Check out these great sites that support young GLBTI people:
    minus18.org.au
    www.thetrevorpr...
    www.itgetsbette...

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  • @maija-1140
    @maija-1140 7 лет назад +602

    "Hi sam, hope your parents haven't murdered eachothers yet, I'm gay, are you gay? Want to cuddle or something?" That is my favorite thing anyone has ever said

  • @TuanNguyenVan-jy4ie
    @TuanNguyenVan-jy4ie 5 лет назад +549

    "I'm afraid I ask him to kiss me and he'll get the wrong idea. He'll think I'm a creep you know. It's not 'cause he's a boy, he just happens to be one."
    Gosh, that line hits me so hard.

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 4 года назад +2

      I know -- probably the single best line in this monologue. 👍😊

    • @Tobstarrilez
      @Tobstarrilez 4 года назад

      Can someone explain ahaha i wanna understand it

    • @markmh835
      @markmh835 4 года назад +4

      @@Tobstarrilez -- Charlie the speaker is saying that he's in love with his friend Sam not BECAUSE Sam is a boy (like the myth that all gay men are attracted to ALL men), but that he's in love with Sam as a person and his best friend who JUST HAPPENS TO BE a boy. In other words, Sam's gender is irrelevant. Perhaps Charlie is bisexual.

    • @Tobstarrilez
      @Tobstarrilez 4 года назад +4

      @@markmh835 omg thank you! I understand, that's so cute omg

  • @yeowuch
    @yeowuch 4 года назад +474

    Being in love with a friend hurts. Being in love with a straight friend is even worse.
    There’s been a few, a few very special people to me, a few very special people who didn’t know what they meant to me. I miss those people a lot.

    • @ahhehe8758
      @ahhehe8758 4 года назад +3

      I think I am in the same boat my best friend aka. Crush is moving out of the country.

  • @itsrohours
    @itsrohours 9 лет назад +750

    this is my favourite thing. when charlies talking about random things and then suddenly hes just like 'im in love with sam' it just hurts me but in a good way. and when he keep describing all the little and big things he love about him its just too much. i love this short film a lot ^.^

    • @onlyoncetbj
      @onlyoncetbj 8 лет назад +1

      +Rosy Chen HIIIIIIIIIIII

    • @onlyoncetbj
      @onlyoncetbj 8 лет назад +2

      +Rosy Chen And I think I was in love with my best friend. And this sort of this hurts to think about but I'm over it, and, well, it's not like she cared is it? This is so relatable it hurts. But it's beautiful.

    • @dangetsjealouseasysoim2phi509
      @dangetsjealouseasysoim2phi509 8 лет назад +7

      I read this right when it happened😂

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  8 лет назад +8

      Thanks, Rosy.

    • @kalebcollins841
      @kalebcollins841 7 лет назад

      Dan Gets Jealous Easy So I'm #2 Phil Trash samee

  • @tee-py3zx
    @tee-py3zx 7 лет назад +325

    OKAY BUT AT THE BEGINNING he says Sam's name and HIS BREATH just FALteRs and that HALF A SECOND conveys so much raw emotion. And then Charlie is talking about the library pin and his head just SNAPS up and, almost like a realization, he admits that he loves Sam and you can see that little swallow after he says it and yo can just FEEL the fear radiating off of him and he's so SCARED. And when he talks about Sam's parents getting divorced, his eyes are practically tearing up and his smile just FALLS. I have watched this freaking short film way too many times. It is amazing cinematography-wise and the story is so compelling and emotional. The acting is on point. The way all the aspects of the film come together is beautiful. I'm WAY too obsessed with this. XD

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  7 лет назад +14

      Thank you, Tori! I'll pass this on to Kim! Keep watching... :)

    • @tee-py3zx
      @tee-py3zx 7 лет назад +3

      Oh, thank you:) And i will.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  7 лет назад +5

      :)

    • @chocolateisalwaystheanswer9426
      @chocolateisalwaystheanswer9426 5 лет назад

      Tori Willick oh my gosh me too I love this so much, and all of the attention to detail...it makes it feel so real and relatable

  • @dari3222
    @dari3222 9 лет назад +180

    gold and shiny- IM IN LOVE WITH SAM

  • @smitmi2007
    @smitmi2007 10 лет назад +1024

    I was in love with a guy at high school. He was the most beautiful person I knew. I didn't know I was gay at the time, and I didn't suspect he was either. But I thought he was into me, and I definitely was into him. He once held my hand for a few seconds when we were mucking around in biology. Or did he? Maybe I was just seeing things that I wanted to see. I hope he did hold my hand. At 25 years of age, those few seconds are still one of my most heartfelt memories.

    • @PandaClubStudios
      @PandaClubStudios 7 лет назад +10

      eM Es I aspire to have that one day...

    • @ChocoKnetters
      @ChocoKnetters 7 лет назад

      eM Es Well r u a girl or a guy then?

    • @Argelius1
      @Argelius1 7 лет назад +2

      This is wonderful!

    • @smitmi2007
      @smitmi2007 7 лет назад +9

      +ImKirstje I'm a guy

    • @ChocoKnetters
      @ChocoKnetters 7 лет назад +7

      Yass i definitely ship u guys! I love guys who dare to hold someone's hand, boy or girl. But i am a girlfag haha!

  • @dp1421
    @dp1421 4 года назад +326

    I feel like we all thought about that *one* person while watching this..

    • @crtzy9626
      @crtzy9626 4 года назад +5

      yikes chica u bet and it hurts

    • @zahamakhdoom8864
      @zahamakhdoom8864 4 года назад +2

      I thought about how I wish i had that person, but I mean close enough😅

    • @julyt.d7099
      @julyt.d7099 3 года назад +1

      Yeah... So I send it to them, hope they'll like it

    • @ronunkwor
      @ronunkwor 3 года назад

      Yes we did

    • @julienhector8652
      @julienhector8652 3 года назад

      Why is this so accurate

  • @elite_panther5140
    @elite_panther5140 7 лет назад +305

    I'm a guy in high school and I am in love with this boy... This stupid boy that means everything to me for no reason... We talk... not often but we do talk. I want to tell him I like him but I feel like he will shoot me down, do the looks he give me mean he wants to know how I feel or just looks he gives to everyone? He is one of those people you feel you will never get over and I don't want to... But now may be the time...

    • @TheOtherOne7isBlueMaid
      @TheOtherOne7isBlueMaid 5 лет назад +8

      What did you do?

    • @seungkwanbot3203
      @seungkwanbot3203 4 года назад +26

      Don't leave us in suspense for 2 years

    • @isaiahnichols3125
      @isaiahnichols3125 4 года назад +11

      Ik im two years to late but I went through this kinda except we were more focused a Charlie and Sam but I told him and he was fine w it. We ended up drifting anyways but I kinda wanna know what happened w you

    • @yungyokaiwatch1139
      @yungyokaiwatch1139 4 года назад +3

      wut happened

    • @sewmini
      @sewmini 4 года назад +3

      so like updates...?

  • @donnydanko2718
    @donnydanko2718 9 лет назад +640

    That was incredible. All the actor had was a monologue but it worked so well with the shots and the cinematography. I particularly loved the shot where he feels the tables surround him.

    • @thevoices9049
      @thevoices9049 9 лет назад +4

      El Kohler Thank you!

    • @ohyup2169
      @ohyup2169 7 лет назад

      eliz zz he said to do French so he could pick up chicks I though he was gay

    • @thevoices9049
      @thevoices9049 7 лет назад +1

      Yes, but he says that at the beginning of the film, before he admits the truth.

    • @Bulbophile
      @Bulbophile 6 лет назад

      was pretty impressive monologue

  • @carment.duplessis9125
    @carment.duplessis9125 8 лет назад +415

    Really great. Different to see a short film that doesn't focus on the love between two boys but rather the emotional development. Writing is spectacular.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  8 лет назад +16

      Thank you!

    • @ohyup2169
      @ohyup2169 7 лет назад +2

      BrokenOwlSounds OK I thought that he said he did French to pick up chicks?

    • @strsjk
      @strsjk 4 года назад

      @@ohyup2169 yeah. and he fell in love with someone who happened to be a boy.

  • @Nclovedme
    @Nclovedme 4 года назад +27

    When he says he wants what’s best for sam but he wants to be what’s best for Sam. That hits 🥺

  • @lieneverlie9820
    @lieneverlie9820 4 года назад +42

    I‘m a girl and I was in love with my best friend for four years. I was in tears watching this, because it is so accurate. Thank you for this wonderful movie. And even if it didn’t turn out good in my case I wish that these guys find love and be happy.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  4 года назад +6

      Thank you. And thanks for sharing your experience. Hope the film helps.

    • @madisonmcdougall3531
      @madisonmcdougall3531 4 года назад +2

      I was in love with my best friend for two years until she moved away. She is straight and she never knew what she was in my eyes. I can quote this video for you because it taught me I wasn’t alone. I don’t talk about my feels towards her much, deep down, I still hurt and feel alone sometimes. Thank you for sharing because it is nice to know someone else understands. Even after all this time

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  4 года назад

      Madison McDougall Thank you for sharing your experience. Happy that the film has resonated with you and helped you. 💗💗💗

  • @andrewhardmanactor
    @andrewhardmanactor 9 лет назад +229

    I loved this, the lad is a great actor, he has got good comic timing and he got his intention across to the audience very clearly.

  • @olibroady2824
    @olibroady2824 4 года назад +89

    “I’m gay are you gay” reminded me of the time in year 8 I asked one of my best friends if she wants to be gay with me in the Spanish classroom and I didn’t even realise I said it

  • @robertf.loughran3771
    @robertf.loughran3771 9 лет назад +69

    Charlie reminds me so much of David Tennant in his version of the Tenth Doctor. How scrambled and flustered he is. It's so adorable

  • @chelsieb.593
    @chelsieb.593 10 лет назад +202

    this is about the thousandth time i've watched this
    im pretty sure i memorized the script
    this monologue is so amazing :D

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +7

      Thank you! :) You can read and download the script at: thelanguageoflovefilm.com

    • @chelsieb.593
      @chelsieb.593 10 лет назад +6

      I already did, and omg it's so touching

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +6

      CHELS POWER :)

  • @randomtrucks
    @randomtrucks 10 лет назад +174

    3:50 that moment was so funny and cute and argh...

  • @harvey1965
    @harvey1965 6 лет назад +3

    Beautiful film. Beautifully written. Beautifully acted. And so evocative. In 1982 i was in year 12 .... 6th form in those days. I was at an all boy's school in Melbourne and for 4 years i had been so in love with a fellow student. Same year level, same feelings ... everything just the same as this film ... except the language we were learning was German. His name was Mark. He was beautiful.And he wasn't gay ... though he was way ahead of his time. Last day for 6th formers, drinking champagne on the banks of the Yarra i told him. I told him how i adored him. How my heart melted everytime i had seen over the previous four years. He was so kind. So warm. So understanding. So ahead of the time in which we lived. The kindness of his beautiful brown eyes and warmness of his acceptance ... still fills my heart to this day. I saw him once more after that, the following year at the school fete. He smiled. We said 'Hi' and exchanged a few words. I have never seen him since, though very occassionaly over the years i've meet him in my dreams where sit and talk to each other. He was my first passion, my first love. I know nothing else about him or his life, however his initials remain forever emblazoned on my heart: M.R.H.

    • @thevoices9049
      @thevoices9049 6 лет назад

      Thanks, John. Beautiful to hear. We've passed the comment on to Kim. All the best. The LOL team.

  • @tonyjackson7950
    @tonyjackson7950 11 лет назад +1

    This young man has reached into my past and dredged up all of the confusion surrounding my teen years... as I get married to my partner of 21 years this coming September, I will relish those memories. Thank you, Mr. Ho. That is an amazing piece of film work. I wish you all the best.

  • @CarbonCopyMachine
    @CarbonCopyMachine 4 года назад +1052

    Who’s here from TikTok?

  • @maxim7107
    @maxim7107 4 года назад +48

    the french part in the end translates to
    "my darling samuel, i love you"

    • @molly-ou5eq
      @molly-ou5eq 4 года назад

      曌 awww that’s so cute! This whole film is so cute! 🥰❤️

    • @maxim7107
      @maxim7107 4 года назад

      @@molly-ou5eq I KNOW, i wish they would of translated it

  • @centreofdauniverse
    @centreofdauniverse 10 лет назад +38

    The first time I saw this I was coming to terms with my own sexuality, and I was falling for my best friend, fast forward to present day and I am now in a strong, long term relationship with him. Kim Ho, you captured the emotions perfectly and the one sentiment that I took away from this beyond all others was because he is a boy that is what makes it special. Thank you for this amazing piece.

  • @123mammals
    @123mammals 10 лет назад +172

    Video made me come out thanks

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +39

      Wow. Thanks for sharing. A big, important step. If you need support or people to talk to, check out the great sites below for the LGBTI community. All the best from all of the team here in Sydney.
      minus18.org.au
      www.thetrevorproject.org
      www.itgetsbetter.org

    • @Reynoldsrobert
      @Reynoldsrobert 7 лет назад +8

      Congratulations! I hope the world is kind to you!

  • @benjaminatic9908
    @benjaminatic9908 Год назад +3

    I still find myself coming back to this video time to time. Still gives me goosebumps.

  • @TheVoicesProject
    @TheVoicesProject  11 лет назад +9

    Thank you (and thanks, everyone, for your comments). We are thrilled that the film is touching so many people. All the best from The Voices Project.

  • @dyzzie27
    @dyzzie27 7 лет назад +19

    i love this so much, i love the monologue, the cinematography, the part where charlie is going on about random things and suddenly bursts out with "i'm in love with sam", i love how it takes place in an exam, i love it all so much, everything. that might be because it's just an amazing film, but it might be because i've been in the exact same situation for nearly two years, i don't know. it was a brilliant film and i am going to go and rewatch it because amen

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  7 лет назад +1

      Thank you. We will pass on your comments to Kim. And hope things work out for you.

    • @dyzzie27
      @dyzzie27 7 лет назад +1

      thank you so much !!! thats really lovely :))

  • @bigtimefans100
    @bigtimefans100 6 лет назад +21

    this was absolutely beautiful. the convention and the dynamic of his words created the art of intimacy, the art of love- and as the audience, we could not only envision, but feel. the cinematography was incredibly stunning. I love the portrayal of that sudden bursts of anxiety. I love that the slight details melted together with his voiceover, his words. this short film is of such high art and has now reached the very depths of my heart .

  • @whatislifeism
    @whatislifeism Год назад +1

    I was in love with my best friend for 7 years and I never talked to her about it. I’m a bridesmaid at her wedding next month. I’m thankfully over it now, but I remember how painful those years were. When they’re your best friend, you fall so hard because there are no boundaries between you. And then you can’t not love them, no matter what you do. I’m hopeful for Charlie, but also from experience I know how these things tend to go. For anyone living through this now, I’m with you.

  • @richardkarnes6031
    @richardkarnes6031 6 лет назад +5

    This is an incredible film. I want to watch it over and over again. I wish I had seen something like this when I was Charlie's age.

  • @TheAlipop13
    @TheAlipop13 9 лет назад +179

    Damn I can relate to this so bad

    • @seallofapproval
      @seallofapproval 9 лет назад +3

      Been in love with my old best friend for about 7 years. :| Still see her every day.

  • @saxophonejones6675
    @saxophonejones6675 7 лет назад +19

    this was the perfect combination of beautiful and adorable

  • @charlotteboi12
    @charlotteboi12 2 года назад +2

    This resonated so much with me, I’ve watched it several times over. I’ve basically learned it at this point. And there are so many incredible quotes from this monologue. I wouldn’t be surprised if I called upon them somewhere in the future

  • @jeniahorindale173
    @jeniahorindale173 4 года назад +3

    I am honestly ashamed of myself for not finding this masterpiece of human expression and art YEARS AGO.

  • @JacobSoboroff
    @JacobSoboroff 10 лет назад +61

    What a powerful film. So good. Bravo.

  • @Randomgen77
    @Randomgen77 11 лет назад +29

    Fantastic and heartbreaking. Thank you so much, and I pray that everyone can see this. It would mean a lot to those like myself who never talked to our Sam...

  • @mayahuel2801
    @mayahuel2801 6 лет назад +13

    Charlie and Sam are my new OTP and I just want everyone to know that the wedding is set for next Friday

  • @j.michelzylberman2236
    @j.michelzylberman2236 10 лет назад +22

    Thank you "The Voice Project" for your very kind reply! I did browse your website. I read all the interviews and dear Kim, allow me respectfully to correct you on one word - even if I am French and English is not my native language. You talk about your performance as a monologue. Monologue is definitely an understatement. What you have achieved is so much more impressive - it is a genuine soliloquy... Probably the most difficult theatrical exercise. Monologues are common, soliloquies are Shakespearean experiences... And that is definitely what makes your performance and writing skills so outstanding.

  • @komalsandhu6866
    @komalsandhu6866 4 года назад +2

    i just love how this film, while addressing the amazing feelings of love you get when you’re in love with someone of the same gender, addresses the fears. when he mentioned how he wanted to look in his eyes, touch his cheek, and kiss him, it scared him. when u first develop feelings, it just feels like youre being a creep when youre not, you just love the person🥺

  • @jonathangomez2727
    @jonathangomez2727 10 лет назад +30

    Such a brilliant short film, wish it to become a full feature film, with more character development. I want to know what happens next... please don't leave me on a climax!!

  • @jaci5914
    @jaci5914 7 лет назад +2

    3:52 I love how he was talking about his badge and then just randomly decided to tell us that he was in love with Sam

  • @oddnamera
    @oddnamera 11 лет назад +59

    he's so cute :'(

  • @alwaysuseless
    @alwaysuseless 6 лет назад +2

    His mind speaks quite well until 4:30. Then his heart takes over, and what looked like it might be interesting becomes so real it grabs you by the heartstrings or whatever there is to grab and won't let go!

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks for your comment. Glad you liked it!

    • @alwaysuseless
      @alwaysuseless 6 лет назад +2

      One might think: What could be easier than a monologue? Only one actor reciting some lines someone wrote. Usually someone else, but in this case, written by the actor. That makes it even easier, right? Also, he doesn't have to interact with other actors, so really how much acting skill is required?
      I'm not saying that what "one might think" is true. On the contrary, this performance shows that what may sometimes be true isn't always. When a dramatic piece is this powerful, nothing can gainsay that fact. This is one monologue that cannot be dismissed as "just a monologue."
      In retrospect, it was brilliant that he starts from his head. That's where almost everyone starts. So it's realistic, and it makes switching to the heart all the more powerful. Really the viewer is as overwhelmed by the switch as the person portrayed is. He can't control what he feels, and neither can the viewer.
      I have to say, too, that I'm impressed that TheVoicesProject is still responding to comments on a video published on RUclips almost 5 years ago. I assumed I had come too late to the party to get a response. So we now have a mutual appreciation, and despite thinking I already have too many subscriptions, I have to subscribe!
      Thanks to everyone involved in "The Language of Love" and also to the Voices Project for all you do.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  6 лет назад +1

      Thanks again. Although the project has now finished, the team behind The Language of Love think it's very important to respond to comments on the film, given how personal many people's peoples responses to it have been, and the fact that so many young people find so much in the film that relates to them. You can keep an eye on the work of the team behind The Language of Love over at www.thelanguageoflovefilm.com (and do also check also check out a micro sequel we produced in response to the marriage equality postal vote in Australia at theidoproject.com Thanks again for your kind words about the film. So pleased you enjoyed it.

  • @j.michelzylberman2236
    @j.michelzylberman2236 10 лет назад +61

    Beautiful movie, but by now you do know it! I just wanted to let you know that coming back from China - where RUclips is banned - I discovered that the movie is available on Chinese websites (Youku, Tudou, etc.). And got viewers by ten of thousands... I thought you might enjoy to know that you got much more than the present 560.000 viewers... I hope it will keep growing, Wishing all your team great success. One question to Kim Ho: when shall we get a chance to hear or read more from you. You are a very gifted young man. And as a Frenchman, the way you described French language is touching - and you have a very nice accent ! All the best to you and looking forward.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +8

      Thanks Michel. We are thrilled the film is being seen in China, beyond RUclips. We did put up a version of the film on Youku, but know there are more versions out there. All good if it gets the film seen, and people recognise themselves and their experiences in the work. Kim is now working on new work and we will be sure to keep everyone informed. Check out The Language of Love at www.thelanguageoflovefilm.com and follow us on Facebook there to hear first of new work from the team involved. Thanks again!

  • @gatismastins8386
    @gatismastins8386 10 лет назад +2

    Baring one's soul and expressing what one actually feels is a manifestation of true love. No hiding... no shallow platitudes, but a deep understanding and expression of what one is, and what one's inner self is all about. True love.

  • @Neil070
    @Neil070 8 лет назад +8

    Wow! Blown away by the acting, writing and direction. Simply a one scene dialogue, but so powerful. Kudos all round.

  • @welshdragon_jr9728
    @welshdragon_jr9728 4 года назад +2

    I haven’t cried so much and related with something so much, I’m not sat in maths with a gorgeous but and it’s hard to think of my work. I passed him a pencil and he touched my hand and for the rest of that lesson I couldn’t stop thinking if I was normal or was it just “ in the moment “. I still hide it from him today that I like him and it really hurts inside. I know that he doesn’t like me back but it’s soo hard to forget. Thank you, for showing something so great

  • @shannonsalomon1785
    @shannonsalomon1785 11 лет назад +5

    Wow! What a performance! His emotions, the words, the expressions he made. He conveyed the message so beautifully.

  • @theoriginaldibble
    @theoriginaldibble 11 лет назад

    This film took me right back to school in more ways than one ...i'm a 52year old man and i'm still struggling with the idea of sharing this beautiful film online...because deep down i'm still hurt from having to suppress those first feelings of pure Love...and still feel ashamed.. hopefully this film can help prevent such damage in others..

  • @victorhabon9048
    @victorhabon9048 7 лет назад +10

    I really appreciate the character's bravery at the end of the monologue.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  7 лет назад +3

      Yes, and it's really that he has found that bravery that reassures us that things will be good for him, however it plays out with Sam.

  • @yuri123441
    @yuri123441 5 лет назад +4

    this is one of the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. thank you so much for this short film.

  • @salvadorsworld188
    @salvadorsworld188 3 года назад +5

    I need this on Netflix like now...NOW...plz

  • @NeilSonOfNorbert
    @NeilSonOfNorbert 11 лет назад

    "maybe the best thing to do is just...keep this inside, and squash it."
    that line always gets me, hits right where it hurts.

  • @strwbrryy
    @strwbrryy 6 лет назад +3

    this short film will always stick with me. i first saw it two or three years ago and i can’t stop thinking about it. amazing performance 💗

  • @solosellin516
    @solosellin516 11 лет назад +2

    I had tears in my eyes when it has finished. Truly the word from his heart.

  • @BlackXSunlight
    @BlackXSunlight 10 лет назад +8

    I think Charlie is quite gifted with expressing himself. Beautifully made.

  • @uuguuguug
    @uuguuguug 11 лет назад

    as a 17 teenager myself,i just cant believe some ppl in my age can be that talented.really touched.great job,kim

  • @freakylysey122
    @freakylysey122 10 лет назад +7

    This should be a movie it's so good I want more 😔

  • @crystalrave419
    @crystalrave419 6 лет назад

    I thought I loved a boy in high school. Then I watched this... this is love. What I had was nothing compared to this. I don’t think I’ve ever truly loved someone like this.

  • @beeze-knees
    @beeze-knees 6 лет назад +5

    I’ve watched this hundreds of times and it still manages to rip my heart out. Brilliant work!

    • @thepassionfilmsaustralia
      @thepassionfilmsaustralia 6 лет назад +1

      Thank you! Hope you like this then: ruclips.net/video/jyWFm-s2tEs/видео.html

  • @sashalivesinengland
    @sashalivesinengland 7 лет назад +2

    omg!! The actor is beautiful, the camera angles are carefully chosen, the script is just the perfection, and that scene at the end where Sam turns around and looks at the main character just makes my heart tremble😍

    • @thevoices9049
      @thevoices9049 7 лет назад

      :) Thanks for this! You may like this, a very micro-sequel we shot for marriage equality, here in Australia: ruclips.net/video/jyWFm-s2tEs/видео.html

  • @billywilliams9416
    @billywilliams9416 9 лет назад +12

    as some of you know i have watched this over and over and i always have more to say about it. i think sam would be lucky to have charly. i wish also when sam looked back at him at the end he would have smiled at him. okay i have said enough lol

  • @redpenguin712
    @redpenguin712 9 лет назад

    By min 2 I was crying but when Ho blurted out "I love Sam" right in the middle of his other train of thought I was sobbing. Thank you for your amazing acting and writing.

  • @ronnieandtheriots
    @ronnieandtheriots 8 лет назад +9

    Dear Kim, you certainly demonstrate a great talent & compassion for your target audience & for anyone who watches this clip who has a heart. In your intro you wanted to reach other young people searching for their own sexuality. Your "movie" has brought even me at 67 y.o. to a new & stronger confidence of my wholeness in who I am as a gay man. Thank You 1,000,000!

  • @skyemelrose387
    @skyemelrose387 11 лет назад +1

    Coming from a theatre background, the acting was remarkable. I loved this, especially because I'm a hopeless romantic at heart. Everyone should watch it because it explains love in a way that nothing else can.

  • @jamesharris7077
    @jamesharris7077 8 лет назад +6

    wow..... this blew me away, it's the same way I felt once upon a time. amazing

  • @dominicnguyen1003
    @dominicnguyen1003 11 лет назад

    An Australian born Vietnamese, so proud of you and your talent dude. Wish all the wonderful things to you and your love one.

  • @patricksuchan3692
    @patricksuchan3692 6 лет назад +17

    This is by far the best and most accurate LGBT+ film I ever saw. Love it

    • @onthedeckproductions3845
      @onthedeckproductions3845 6 лет назад

      Thank you! You can see more of Kim, (and Charlie), in this recent mircoshort we shot in support of marriage equality, here in Australia: ruclips.net/video/jyWFm-s2tEs/видео.html

  • @jacyber
    @jacyber 11 лет назад

    This is one of the most poignant and brilliant short films I have seen...and Kim's performance in it is so heartfelt. It draws you in and you go through the confusion and angst of the subject matter. This can easily become an iconic literary work for all teens facing such issues, and heaven knows they need to see they are not alone and that their thoughts are normal and not weird...AND FOLLOW YOUR HEART.

  • @chelseasilvamusic
    @chelseasilvamusic 10 лет назад +8

    I cried so much while watching this. It's all so true and meaningful, there are no words to describe how amazing and brilliant everything was written and planned out. Beautiful job, great work. Wishing you happiness in your future, Kim.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад

      Hey, Chelsea. Many thanks for this. We've passed your comment along to Kim and director Laura. Happy 2015 to you!

    • @chelseasilvamusic
      @chelseasilvamusic 10 лет назад

      You have no idea how happy this comment made me feel, this just made my day. I hope everything goes well for Laura's future projects as well.

  • @JoshClites
    @JoshClites 11 лет назад

    Simply sublime!! Oh how we all can relate to Charlie's struggle; so simple and beautiful and blurted out: the beautiful awkward nature of love. But how much more to be the one who wishes he had a best friend like Charlie with his sincerity, his humor, his concern when he was needed the most.

  • @julietarodriguez1418
    @julietarodriguez1418 10 лет назад +18

    This was beautiful, I actually cried xD Please make a second part! or something from Sam's POV.

  • @MutjinNinja
    @MutjinNinja 11 лет назад

    Wow...I wish I could have a tiny sliver of Kim's raw talent. The writing was absolutely superb and the performance was amazing! So many quotable lines and so relatable...fantastic story

  • @dari3222
    @dari3222 9 лет назад +41

    please make another

  • @mocho477
    @mocho477 11 лет назад

    Amazing! The sheer quality of his writing, the timeless truth of his thaughts, the flawless acting, all add up to make this soliloquy a classic. It is utterly reassuring for a jaded critic like me to come across a talent like Kim Ho. Whoever spoke of lost generations?

  • @yvo84
    @yvo84 11 лет назад +19

    Excellent short film. Well done to all involved.

  • @uncanny._.fairy04
    @uncanny._.fairy04 6 лет назад +2

    "Gold and shiny- I'm in love with Sam.."
    That's my favorite part

  • @mexicanladyadventures7865
    @mexicanladyadventures7865 7 лет назад +3

    Best short film ever. Love the way the character is describing his story you can feel all his emotions

  • @cheeseekimbap4903
    @cheeseekimbap4903 5 лет назад +1

    This will always be so dear to my heart. I might not be in a position like Charlie's but it is so beautifully made I keep coming back to it.

  • @curtchildress7160
    @curtchildress7160 8 лет назад +8

    Very sweet film on the angst, growth, and even wisdom of youth.

  • @AndyMHB
    @AndyMHB 4 года назад +2

    A true masterpiece Outstanding performance Many Thanx to Kim Ho

  • @biggestguy67
    @biggestguy67 4 года назад +3

    the fact that i can relate to almost everything in this, including the best friend letter is sad

  • @warrenabeshouse1230
    @warrenabeshouse1230 6 лет назад +1

    How touching and revelatory to hear the frank and innermost thoughts of a teenage boy express how he feels for his best friend who he really loves beyond all measure. When I was in my final year at school, I was in love with a beautiful boy in the year below me... and he knew about it. It was something I'd talk about with a good friend of his who had become a friend of mine due to our mutual interests in music and literature and culminated in a letter I posted to him, to which he replied. Among the things he said, what I remember most was to read Demian by Hermann Hesse, which I did, but I couldn't see the relevance. He sent that letter back to me with his, which I have kept in the bottom drawer of my filing cabinet. All those years ago, I cringed when I reread what I wrote and I've never been able to read it again. A few years later, I met him one night in the quiet section of a gay nightclub and we had a friendly talk; he wasn't surprised to find that I was gay and it transpired he wasn't, which didn't come as too much of a surprise, though he was 'gay friendly'. I never saw him again. But I'll never forget him either.

    • @onthedeckproductions3845
      @onthedeckproductions3845 6 лет назад

      Thanks for sharing this, Warren. Would be interesting to read the book to see what he was getting at but it sounds like he treated you well.

  • @mchatingit3148
    @mchatingit3148 3 года назад +3

    I remember watching this year's ago since and as a young gay kid this video really hit me. I re watch it all the time.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  3 года назад +1

      That’s lovely to hear. Thanks!

    • @1968.M-y7l
      @1968.M-y7l Год назад

      ​@@TheVoicesProject May you tell the actor's name who played Sam

  • @brienneofthrace
    @brienneofthrace 11 лет назад

    You can tell from the overwhelming amount of positive comments that this film touched hearts. While there's an ever-increasing amount of acceptance in the world, there's still a lot of hate and so many gay teens feel completely alone in this world. Thank you for making this heart-warming, moving film to let them know that they are not alone. It was so simple yet beautiful.

  • @reapnotsow
    @reapnotsow 10 лет назад +24

    gahhhh i love this so much. my school holds a film festival every year and i've been wanting to make a short film about two boys that fall in love. only problem is i don't know where i'd find two guys willing to act gay for each other because all the boys at school are like "no homo man lol" so it's hard...i don't know how to get started.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +2

      Hey, thanks for this. Firstly, do you have a script written or is it something you have in mind? Secondly, does your school have a drama department, or a literature teacher who runs drama club? That would be a good place to start asking. Failing that, you could go to a local theatre or drama group - they would be sure to welcome you (don't feel awkward - they are THERE to encourage the next generation of writers/directors/theatre & filmmakers). Also, bear in mind, that actors WANT to be in films, as they are the best way to build a name, get experience, make contacts. You should also maybe contact a local LGBT organisation, particularly that deals with young people, as they might be able to help you on the content if you wanted to discuss that. Hope this helps!

    • @reapnotsow
      @reapnotsow 10 лет назад +1

      thank you so much, this is really helpful. we do have a drama department and a gay-straight alliance club at school, and hopefully i'll be able to get some help from them. thank you for the advice, and i love this film :)

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +2

      Thanks again. Hope you can share the film with us when it's done. :)

    • @fabiancuevas5022
      @fabiancuevas5022 9 лет назад +1

      I had the same problem ... I think it would be awesome to be in a film like this. I feel if your straight and you can do this it shows your true acting skills.

  • @Photoss73
    @Photoss73 10 лет назад +1

    C'est très touchant. Ah, l'amour....
    Belle performance d'acteur, très naturel.
    Un accent que je comprends sans difficulté, c'est pas toujours évident. Bravo !

  • @randalthor6670
    @randalthor6670 6 лет назад +3

    I am so glad that I finally watched this. Wow. Excellent. Great job Kim.

  • @morgnaridley1426
    @morgnaridley1426 7 лет назад +1

    I am speechless, this portrayed my childhood so briefly but with so much detail and precision. Phenomenal!

  • @TeejinThor
    @TeejinThor 10 лет назад +9

    Why couldn't I have seen this when I was going through this stage about a year and a half ago.
    I kinda fell in-love with my best friend also, I couldn't actually tell him how I felt as we grew somewhat distant.
    Honestly this shares so many lights on the whole "Coming Out" and this clip kinda helps people understand...
    Sorry I'm a bit lost for words and well I don't usually comment on things but this actually hits home so much!
    Thank you so much, Id love to see more shorts/monologues again.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +2

      Thanks for this. We hope that the film has helped you, albeit in retrospect. We've put your comment up on our feedback page for the film, as we really comments on how the film has affected people. All the best from Sydney for 2015. (see: thelanguageoflovefilm.com/what-people-are-saying/)

    • @TeejinThor
      @TeejinThor 10 лет назад +1

      TheVoicesProject Thank you, and I hope to see more videos in the future, as I'm also a film maker the film making in this is also extraordinary simple yet very very artistic. So again thank you alot guys for making a great film.

  • @damianlassetter8696
    @damianlassetter8696 11 лет назад +2

    Words cannot express how much I love this film. For one, of course it's so sweet and cute but I literally am going through the same thing as Charlie did and every word he said just struck me down because I've said/thought the same exact things.. It was just amazing to see what I actually feel created into a wonderful, physical creative project. I just love this so much.

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  10 лет назад +1

      Thanks, Damian. Best wishes from all of us in Sydney and hope things work out.

  • @brucealfred2547
    @brucealfred2547 7 лет назад +7

    Beautiful 😢 Kim had said the words I once wanted to say.. It was as if I wrote this monologue and hearing it for the first time.. I definitely know that feels like

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  7 лет назад

      Thanks, Bruce. We will pass on your comments to Kim.

  • @bradogilvie5931
    @bradogilvie5931 11 лет назад

    A fabulous film, BRAVO! It took me all the way back to high school French class,
    over 40 years ago in Chicago. All of the emotions expressed were spot-on and felt very familiar. I guess some things never change. It's wonderful that young people today can access films like this and escape the lonely feeling of "I'm the only one." Kim, please keep writing!

  • @robertmendoza1164
    @robertmendoza1164 4 года назад +5

    This gave me the tingles because it feels so real and true 🥺

  • @jonathankonderla7989
    @jonathankonderla7989 7 лет назад

    This hits new hard, because I went through the same feelings with my best friend three years ago, and now we don't even talk to each other that much. great film.

    • @thevoices9049
      @thevoices9049 7 лет назад

      Thanks Jonathan, though sorry to hear things didn't work out for you and your friend.

  • @slinkyandnero
    @slinkyandnero 11 лет назад +4

    SO BEAUTIFUL. Articulate. Honest. Brilliant.

  • @Wendy-je9zf
    @Wendy-je9zf 5 лет назад

    it was a mistake watching this on Valentine’s Day
    love this short, but now I’m sobbing relentlessly

  • @duckafrizbee
    @duckafrizbee 11 лет назад +4

    There are no words for how much I love this! It is the most well-written and cleverly performed short film I've watched in a long time :)

  • @brookerankin3692
    @brookerankin3692 6 лет назад +2

    This is so incredibly well done! The actor did an AMAZING job with his perfect comedic timing in the beginning that transformed into something so completely different that had the ability to melt your heart with every word. BRILLIANT work!!!

  • @jordannetwork9046
    @jordannetwork9046 9 лет назад +4

    I always come back to this video time to time I'm in the same
    predicament

    • @TheVoicesProject
      @TheVoicesProject  9 лет назад +2

      +jordan hudnell Thanks for sharing. Hope things work out for you. If not, and you need someone to talk to, there are a number of organisations that can help. See: thelanguageoflovefilm.com/education-resource/