Vincent Dieutre - Mon voyage d'hiver AKA My Winter Journey (2003)

According to some Dieutre with his previous film Tenebrae Lessons falls into the so-called New French Extremism category - all those who have seen Nolot's Porn Theatre and some of Breillat's work know what it means. But this one has none of that, although even the first one lacks that in your face quality of much of New French Extremism. Through mix of genres - documentary, drama, etc. - it deals with what it means to be growing old as a gay man, loss, music, history and how the history shapes individual memory and feelings. It hardly gets any better for these long wintry nights, with an obligatory cup of hot tea and a warm blanket.
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SYNOPSIS:
German filmmaker Vincent Dieutre is accompanied by a close friend's teenage son on a trip to Berlin and in the process reminisces about his life as a gay man in his 2003 autobiographical documentary entitled Mon Voyage d'Hiver (My Voyage in Winter). Dieutre and his traveling companion, Itvan, visit numerous friends and landmarks, all holding special meaning to the 40-year-old filmmaker as they make their way to the German capital. As the pair grows closer as friends, Dieutre also takes on a paternalistic relationship with the boy as he details his own journey of self discovery -- partially to assist Itvan with his own adult transformation, but also as a means for Dieutre's own legacy to endure. My Voyage in Winter was selected for inclusion into the Forum Program of the 2003 Berlin International Film Festival.
~ Ryan Shriver, All Movie Guide

This is arthouse, documentary, but also fiction, experimental, biographical...

Interestingly, this movie was shot on a MiniDV video camera.
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