Bent

Stirring film version of the acclaimed Broadway drama deals with the persecution of homosexuals in Nazi Germany. Clive Owen plays Max, a gay Jewish man who betrays his lover in order to receive less harsh treatment in a concentration camp. Max and fellow inmate Horst (Lothaire Bluteau), separated and unable to touch one another, form a bond that gives them the strength to endure. With Ian McKellen, Jude Law, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Mick Jagger as a cross-dressing cabaret owner. 104 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.