Seriously, why the praise?

Rating: 2/10 (31 January 2020)

Not read the book, not gay (but equally not homophobic), just wanting to see a good movie; those were my starting conditions as I saw this movie.
First, the technical part. I could not disagree more on many people calling this movie "beautiful".
I mean the camera work is not awful, but showcasing a foot in water for about 10 seconds (with no reason whatsoever behind it), just to name one example, is not sth. I would call "good camera work". Furthermore the picture looks a little desaturated and grainy at times.
But the full extend of that low budget 4 Mio Euros movie is what you get to hear. That is, if you even hear anything except for that annoying bird twittering.
Seriously, I watched this movie in Dolby Surround and the Mixing was the worst, I have ever heard in a movie. It was so bad actually, the entire thing sounded like a cheap TV-Production, as the recorded micro-sound always came from the center-speaker. They did not even dare trying to split voices or other Sounds recorded on set onto other channels. The only thing you get to hear from those other channels is that stupid annoying twittering (and sometimes the even more unfitting Music.)
It had nothing to do with the Plot, which I will come to later on.
The only good thing, that I think this movie has, is its performances. Mr. Chamalet performed excellently and also Mrs Garrel and Mr. Stuhlbarg did their job well. But even those were not able to show emotions or anything of interest until the very end of that movie.
Mr. Hammer tried really hard, but eventually I did not believe him completely.
The Plot: /
Thats right, this movie has none. At least none worth mentioning. But for those of you who need it, have it: (I will not call them by their names, that is stupid)
The one like mid 30s guy, I will call him "A" comes to Italian town where 17 year-old guy "B" lives with his family. They both like each other, but cannot tell anyone, not even themselves. They both have a beautiful girl lying around (that just so happens to happen in Italy, even if you are really, I mean really weird, come to that later), which puts B in the situation of having to choose. He finally chooses in favor of A over the girl, which is not big of a deal for her (she loves him and is fine with staying friends with him - jup that is part of the movie). A has to go away again, which makes B sad. His father tells him sth. about how special the relationship of the two is (somehow everybody knows about them) and B cries in front of a fire.
END OF THE MOVIE.
That is all that happens in OVER TWO HOURS! I can make up a story myself in that time that has more complexity to it.
Well there are some weird non-fitting put-ins that I left out like the other gay couple that just flys by for a few seconds or that weird hiking scene, but lets just forget about those for a second.
WAIT!
Almost forgot about the not-ending sex scenes of B sleeping with the girl, himself and A. Those are very unpleasant to watch and make up half of the movie. And no, I do not prefer to watch heterosexual people having sex at all, I just find it very unpleasant to watch two other people having sex in general, no matter the sexuality. Furthermore, there are enough scenes of them doing weird stuff, like sniffing at another ones worn underpants. I mean What The Hell? Who does that?
So... What is the hidden meaning of this "movie"?
THERE IS NONE! This movie tells a boring, way too far stretched story that has no meaning whatsoever other than the one that - at least in my opinion - is omnipresent in modern day culture and nothing new or exciting to be discussed. The technical aspects of this film are underwhelming and the only thing preventing me from giving this one a 1/10 is the good acting by some of the actors (seemingly the only thing that those 4 Mio Euros have been used for).
Seriously, why the praise?