Hours and times

A few months before World Beatlemania, John Lennon and Beatles manager Brian Epstein went to Barcelona for four days to rest. They went there to relax after a tense series of concerts, but their vacation did not bring anything but even more stress. The film shows these four days of heroes in the representation of Christopher Munch.

1963 John flies to Barcelona with Brian. During the flight, they meet a flight attendant named Marianna. John flirts with her, and gives her the phone number of his hotel.

John asks Brian how he treats gay sex and says he sometimes thinks about it, but the thought that it painfully scares him. John says he thinks Brian is attractive, but he doesn't want to have sex with him. He is infuriated by the thought that others consider them lovers.

In the gay bar, John and Bryan meet a Spaniard named Quinone. John invites him to the hotel, where they could have a drink in three. Quinone is gay, but he is married. After a short conversation, the man leaves. Brian asks Miguel, the man from the hotel attendants, to have oral sex with him, but then he says that he was joking.

Jonah takes a bath and plays the harmonica. Brian enters and sits on the edge of the tub. John asks him to rub his back. Brian does not refuse. John starts to kiss Brian, who quickly undresses and gets into the bath. They continue to kiss, but John suddenly gets out of the bathroom and leaves. Brian finds him smoking in bed. John says that he is not angry, but he cannot express in words what he thinks.

The phone is ringing, this is Marianna. John invites her. Marianna arrives and Brian leaves. Marianne noticed that Brian was upset. She says she sees how they care about each other, but she thinks John is suffering from Brian. She brought Little Richard records for which they dance.

The film was nominated for awards and received prizes: ^[2]

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