The BBC, which has always been extraordinary, has recently produced a well-made miniseries -
Orange-shirted man
Man In An Orange Shirt
As a miniseries, "The Man in the Orange Shirt" has only two short episodes, each episode is 60 minutes, and the two episodes are only the length of a movie.
The whole drama revolves around the love story of the two grandchildren, telling two same-sex loves that occurred in different eras.
Grandpa Michael, handsome and elegant when he was young, was the object of love of countless young girls.
The young Michael is already married, and his fiancée is named Flora.
But in Michael's mind, he has been very troubled, just because his true sexual orientation is male.
During World War II, Michael enlisted in the army.
On the battlefield, he saved a soldier named Thomas.
During Thomas's recovery, after a brief time together, a looming affection developed between the two.
It's just that in the context of the big times, this sentiment seems insignificant.
After recovering, Thomas is leaving Michael.
The night before the farewell, Thomas couldn't help but kiss Michael.
After the war, the two travel to Michael's country house.
Here, the two had a happy time.
They are like lovers, buying vegetables together, eating together, brushing together, drinking morning tea together, and doing indescribable things together.
The corners of their eyes and eyebrows are full of happiness and love.
Thomas was a painter before joining the army, and now that the war is over, Thomas has picked up his paintbrush again.
On a sunny afternoon, Thomas picked up a paintbrush and painted the unique Michael he saw, and named the painting The Man in the Orange Shirt.
It's just that the good times are always short-lived, and Michael always lacks confidence in the relationship.
Worldly "reason and integrity" tormented Michael, forcing him to finally throw himself into the arms of heterosexual marriage.
Michael wins over his fiancée, Flora.
At the wedding, a distraught Thomas presented a landscape painting to express his blessings.
And this landscape painting is the country house that holds the best memories of Michael and Thomas.
However, this marriage is not the end, but instead, the pain and helplessness of the three people.
Soon after the marriage, Flora discovers a love letter from Thomas to Michael.
In Britain at the time, homosexuality was explicitly prohibited, and once same-sex identity was discovered, there was a risk of imprisonment or "forced treatment".
Turing, the "father of artificial intelligence" in "Imitation Game", committed suicide because of the unfair treatment of same-sex identity.
At that time, more than ten years before the decriminalization of homosexuality in Britain, more than ten years ago, the whole social atmosphere tended to be conservative.
In order to protect her family, Flora decided to hide her feelings between the two.
In the face of the affectionate Thomas, Michael could not let down the guard in his heart.
Missing out, casting an irreparable bitter ending for the two.
Years later, in modern society, Michael has passed away, but his grandson Adam is once again caught in the same-sex vortex.
Like Michael, Adam chose to escape in the face of same-sex love.
He is powerless to love, but only indulges in the pleasures of the flesh again and again, hunting again and again on social software.
Adam was a veterinarian who met Steven, an interior designer.
In order to decorate the country house given by his grandmother, Stephen and Adam came together.
However, Adam's same-sex identity was fiercely opposed by his grandmother Flora.
Behind this opposition is a long-hidden secret – "your grandfather was gay."
Later, in the face of reality, they finally reached a reconciliation.
This reconciliation was not only flora's to Adam, but also hers to Michael.
It was at this time that they found another painting inlaid in the country house landscape that Thomas had originally sent, "The Man in the Orange Shirt".
Because of such a painting, the same-sex love that has been sealed for more than half a century has once again surfaced.
In the landscape painting of the country house, Thomas hides the person he loves the most.
In fact, love this thing, no matter what era, will not be simple, so in the feelings, please treat yourself with integrity.