less than a month Ago, entered in the U.S. state of New York, a law in force that prohibits therapies, whose goal is to transform minors from homosexual into heterosexual. Thus, New York is may 15. State of the United States, says these so-called conversion therapies. Good news.

Particularly in the New York-based author and activist, Garrard Conley, had to visit as a teenager, a Christian re-education camp, and through this traumatic experience, the book “the Boy Erased” is written. It has now been made into a film in the all-star cast, brings to the subject a attention boost that can use it well.

hundreds of thousands of victims of “gay-healing”

there are around 700,000 people in the United States a victim of similar “gay cures”, and in the majority of States it is legal, such “therapies”. And, although the world health organisation removed homosexuality no more leads since 1992 – late enough – as a disease.

Many churches see Gays and lesbians continue to be as sick sinners. For them, homosexuality is the decision for a life-style. “You are born that way? No!“ the self-appointed therapist Viktor Sykes (Joel Edgerton) gets in the adaptation of the novel, which comes under the perverse title of “The prodigal son” in the German cinemas.

Sykes directs a re-education camp called “Love in Action”. The 19-year-old Jared (Lucas Hedges) due to an ultimatum of his devout father (Russell Crowe) in the mid-noughties years. He lives with his mother (Nicole Kidman) in a nearby Hotel and checked in every day in the facility, where his personal belongings will be confiscated, all the white shirts to wear and a jail-like atmosphere.

“on” is the over-the-top Motto

A lesbian, and about a dozen Gay should be brought through the training back on the Christian path – “pray the gay away “, as they say in the USA. In the case of “Love in Action” must establish the Participants lists of the sins of their families, including alcohol and gambling addiction, and porn consumption, and homosexuality. You will be forced to play sports, to be under the Motto “on” the “right men” (the woman is simply hidden).

Jared makes everything first, he does not want to lose the love of his family and is not a rebellious type. Flashbacks show his College time and the event that led to his secondment in the Camp. Joel Edgerton plays the ex-gay therapists Sykes, is also a Director and screenwriter. Even heterosexual, says the Australian that his role in the racism drama “Loving” sharpened his sense for stories about injustices and him have moved Conleys book in a Rage.

Edgerton has brought it in a respectful and mass compatible to the canvas. With great empathy he looks at his inwardly torn hero – but also on the parents. As with all Horror, you do that to your son, you will not be portrayed as a callous Monster. But as the Faith in the Misguided.

How virulent the topic of conversion therapy is currently the show in addition to “The prodigal son” for more game movies from recent times: Desiree Akhavans Indie-Drama “The Miseducation of Cameron Post,” a reflection of the lesbian point of view, to a Christian American re-education camps of the nineties. And Jayro Bustamantes “Temblores”, his world had just premiered at the Berlinale, go to a Guatemalan father in the hands of an Evangelical sectarian leader to his gay desire to get away. All three films leave no doubt that in such a supposed healing courses dates emotional, cruel, and sometimes physical Assaults to take place.

blows with the Bible

One of the toughest sequences of “The prodigal son” shows a kind of exorcism: Cameron (Britton Sear), a large soft camp participants must be beaten in front of an Altar full of lighted candles and kneel with a Bible. This frightens off by no means his “demon”, but his will to live is one of the terrible consequences that can have such a bearing actually. For Jared, it’s different, which is also his mother. Their change of heart brings Nicole Kidman, in a tearful Dinner scene, her Botox frozen face in a strange, unnatural effect.

“The prodigal son” has, in this country social relevance. Because of the traditional Belief that homosexuality is a sin or a disease, in Germany also still has some followers.

So the Federal Minister of health, Jens Spahn, who last week beat announced a ban on conversion therapies in Germany, by the Evangelical Bible Covenant immediately criticism. There you will see the pastoral care for Homosexuals in danger, have problems with their sexual orientation. That you can help them also, without trying, your desire to cast out, could Bible bundler learn in “The prodigal son”.

In 14 theaters in new York. OmU: Central, bundesplatz-Kino, Delphi LUX, the art of film 66, Kulturbrauerei, roll mount, Xenon, OV: Cinestar Sony Center

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