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‘Heartstopper’ – Same-sex love picture at school age

The film, directed by Euros Lyn, is set mainly at Truham (England) boys’ school. Heartstopper Charlie Spring (Joe Locke), 16 years old, openly gay. Charlie caught Ben Hope (Sebastian Croft) – his lover – kissing a girl in front of the school gate, so he decided to break up. While the two argued, Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) – Charlie’s deskmate – appeared, stood up to protect him. From there, they became close, Nick began his journey to discover his sexual orientation.

Each character has an ego, personality, and actions in a reasonably constructed adult journey. Charlie knew he was different from a young age, he wanted to be free to love, to reveal the person he loves. Nick represents young people who have a crisis when they realize they like both men and women. Tara Jones (Corinna Brown) is confident that she is a lesbian but is worried about criticism on social media. Tao Xu (William Gao) is a person who uses words to solve everything, sometimes short-tempered but always caring and worried for his friends. Deep within Tao’s gruff exterior lies a fear of abandonment. Ben – Charlie’s ex-boyfriend – keeps his love affair absolutely secret, but has a girlfriend to hide his gender.

Taking the coming of age theme, the film depicts individuals in the process of defining themselves, revolving around the problem of coming of age. Previously, Charlie’s friends isolated themselves in their own world. They experience some unnecessary misunderstandings, but always protect each other against negative words and actions from others. Gradually, young people learn to accept the real person, ignore the gossip, appreciate their feelings.

‘Heartstopper’ – Same-sex love picture at school age

Heartstopper also focused on school bullying. Charlie is discriminated against by Harry Greene (Cormac Hyde-Corrin)’s group for being gay. The difference causes psychological trauma to Charlie, he fears he is the reason why Nick quarrels with the young people. Elle Argent (Yasmin Finney) – Charlie’s transgender friend – before transferring to Higgs Girls’ School, was also mocked by Harry for his gender. She is still afraid to make friends at her new school because of her past being bullied. In real life, Yasmin Finney (born 2003) is also a transgender.

In addition to the characters with a young age, the film exploits more perspectives of parents and teachers in the school. Fine Arts teacher Ajayi (Fisayo Akinade) gives Charlie a safe place to confide, so that he can enjoy lunch without worry. food was thrown at him. Charlie’s father is quiet but ready to protect his son when needed. When Charlie ran out of Harry’s party confused, he didn’t ask questions, just hugged him, giving him a place to cry. When Nick confessed his sex to his mother, she cried and apologized if she had inadvertently made publicity difficult for him. The families in the film have given their children the opportunity to be true to themselves, they accept the truth in an emotional way.

The work exploits the mood of young people through the above chats Instagram. There were times when Charlie and Nick weren’t sure about their feelings, so they compose messages and delete them, leaving each other to think. In the group chat of his friends, Tao expressed anger towards Charlie about his dating Nick. Although Tao deliberately avoids Charlie, the two friends still secretly care about each other.

The film is close to the original, focusing on deepening the character’s personality through situations. From the moments of meeting Charlie and Nick, secretly loving each other, the kiss that only both of them know, to the fear that they don’t deserve to be loved, the reaction of friends when accepting the fact that both of them love each other. … The plot is shown by the filmmaker gently, without tension, without much tension, making it easy for the audience to accept.

The cast are all young faces. Alice Oseman – the series’ author – participated in the production, supporting the selection of Kit Connor (born 2004) and Joe (born 2003) in the lead roles. Kit has extensive acting experience through movies such as Rocketman (2019), Little Joe (2019), TV show and stage. Corinna Brown plays Tara Jones – the character who encourages Nick to develop a relationship with Charlie – who has just graduated from an acting class from the University of Essex (UK). She plays the role perfectly, bringing warm energy to the film.

Aired at the end of April, the film became the focus of viewers’ attention, especially for young audiences, because of its content that heals the soul. represent the spirit of the original work. Page Decider commented: “The relationships of each character were perfected in the first season, but still left many gaps that could be developed in the second season”.

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