Ciao is a 2008 gay independent film directed and co-written by Yen Tan
and starring Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza, Charles W. Blaum and
Ethel Lung.With the slogan "If you could go back... what would you say
to the one you loved", Ciao (meaning both hello and goodbye in
Italian) tells the story of two men who form an unlikely bond when a
mutual friend named Mark (played by Charles W. Blaum) dies
unexpectedly in a car crash in DallasMark's best friend Jeff (Adam
Neal Smith) is left with the task of going through Mark's stuff and
informing relatives and friends of his death. While going through
Mark's e-mails to let people know about his passing, Jeff discovers
that Mark was corresponding with an Italian man named Andrea
(Alessandro Calza), who had already planned a trip to fly to Dallas to
visit Mark for the first time without knowing he had actually
died.Jeff invites Andrea to come to Texas anyway and stay with him for
two days at his place. Ciao portrays these two days where the two
bereaved friends one from Dallas and the other from Italy meet and
talk mostly about Mark and the impact he had on both of them in a
close, personal and frank manner. Through these intimate
conversations, the two men form a rapport that grows, and they are
soon drawn together both by their connection with the deceased Mark,
and by a growing intimacy with each other. Andrea has to leave at the
end of his 2-day stay, but invites Jeff to come to Italy for a visit
at some later date.
and starring Adam Neal Smith, Alessandro Calza, Charles W. Blaum and
Ethel Lung.With the slogan "If you could go back... what would you say
to the one you loved", Ciao (meaning both hello and goodbye in
Italian) tells the story of two men who form an unlikely bond when a
mutual friend named Mark (played by Charles W. Blaum) dies
unexpectedly in a car crash in DallasMark's best friend Jeff (Adam
Neal Smith) is left with the task of going through Mark's stuff and
informing relatives and friends of his death. While going through
Mark's e-mails to let people know about his passing, Jeff discovers
that Mark was corresponding with an Italian man named Andrea
(Alessandro Calza), who had already planned a trip to fly to Dallas to
visit Mark for the first time without knowing he had actually
died.Jeff invites Andrea to come to Texas anyway and stay with him for
two days at his place. Ciao portrays these two days where the two
bereaved friends one from Dallas and the other from Italy meet and
talk mostly about Mark and the impact he had on both of them in a
close, personal and frank manner. Through these intimate
conversations, the two men form a rapport that grows, and they are
soon drawn together both by their connection with the deceased Mark,
and by a growing intimacy with each other. Andrea has to leave at the
end of his 2-day stay, but invites Jeff to come to Italy for a visit
at some later date.
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