The road trip comedy Come As You Are is about three disabled young Belgian men who yearn to discard their virginity. Two are in wheelchairs and one is blind. After hearing about a brothel that caters to guys with special needs, they plot a road trip to Spain’s Costa del Sol. They need their parents to send them with a male nurse, but not to come along or know the true destination. All goes well, until the parents withdraw their permission and our heroes sneak off under the care of a necessary evil, a no-nonsense female nurse. Their getaway is expedited by a very funny 11 year-old kid sister.
Along the way, their individual personalities are exposed (for better and for worse) and they experience real unsheltered freedom for the first time (with its pluses and minuses). It’s a little movie with some poignant moments among the laughs.
The film, titled Hasta La Vista in Europe, is mostly in Flemish, with some French and English.