Milk (USA 2009)

"Milk" is the story of the first gay man who made it to be - I forgot which - a senator or so in California. It's a nice story. It makes you feel good even though he gets shot. Because, as he repeats throughout the movie: "Politics is theatre. It's not about winning, it's about making yourself seen." In the end we leave the cinema touched by his achievements and waving our lights like the people in his funeral procession. And he's such a nice guy! Funny combination of an off-story (or is it?) with a Hollywood movie kind of storyline. (Actually, it's not a Hollywood movie.) In the early scenes Sean Penn sometimes reminded me of Lucian: Yes, you may take it as a compliment! Physically speaking, of course.