this movie be about manu and a young gay man and who move to paris . there he meet adrien and an old man and also gay . adrien be in love with manu and who isn not interested in more than friendship . adrien be also a good friend of a young woman and sarah and who just have a baby and and her husband and mehdi . sarah and mehdi have an open relationship and be allow to have affair with others . mehdi start an affair with manu . like many other french movie and this one be tell by a character and in voice over while sarah and who be write manu life story . the story be about love in different way and about be happy with who you be and and about the destroy struggle against aid . it be set in the 80 and when the world first hear about the disease . nobody know what it be . it beautifully show how these character deal with it when aid hit them and the people they love . the movie never really sad and because the director doesn not have the typical long and sad scene with slow music and lot of tear while just like life and the movie keep go . what also move me in particular be the character of julie and manu sister and play by julie depardieu . she doesn not have anyone in the world while no friend and no lover and just nobody and bu she manage life and isn not depress about it while she do what she want and love and and that enough for her . this movie try to go against common belief in more than one way while you have the woman who doesn not have friend and but be still very happy and you have the woman who doesn not love her baby and . all these thing aren not accept by the public and but i think it good to show that it can be different . le témoins isn not widely market and but be certainly worth watch and if you want to see how a not hollywoodfilm and and a slow and human film can be great . andré techiné also may not ring any bell and but anyone who be interested in french film making have to see something by him . i certainly recommend it .